Trocar/Canular

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

The Trocar or Canular

The Trocar or Canular

Name/Title

Trocar/Canular

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.78

Description

Two part trocar/canula. A trocar is defined as a surgical instrument consisting of a perforator or stylet enclosed in a metal tube or cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as in dropsy, etc. (OED).

Context

The blade and its' sheath were inserted between two particular ribs and the blade is then withdrawn leaving the sheath as a funnel to remove the liquid.

Category

Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

128