Trephine, without Blade Attachment, late 1800s
Item
Title
Trephine, without Blade Attachment, late 1800s
Date
1805
Description
A surgical instrument with a circular blade, the trephine came in a variety of shapes, but the two most common forms included one used to bore into bone and the other used to remove a piece of cornea during eye surgery.
Bone marrow trephines are still used in hospitals to obtain bone biopsies for diagnosing bone marrow cancer and leukemia.
Bone marrow trephines are still used in hospitals to obtain bone biopsies for diagnosing bone marrow cancer and leukemia.
Identifier
4.2a.11
Rights
Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
Subject
Department of Anatomy