A rare and early Dahlgren cranial forceps by Aubry, circa 1896
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Circa
1896
Country of manufacture
France
Description
An early example of the cranial forceps developped in 1896 by Karl Petter Dahlgren. A very important instrument Craniectomy.
“Swedish doctor Karl Petter Dahlgren (1864-1924) enlisted the help of instrument-maker Max Stille to invent a pair of trepanation forceps in 1896. The problems he was trying to solve were that the trepanation procedure was too slow and the surgeon tended to shake too much when chiselling out the skull. After trials using a rotary saw on a corpse, they managed to construct an ingenious tool. The new forceps sliced through the cranium from the inside out and took just a few minutes to excise a removable piece of bone. They were also easy to sterilise”
The instrument is made in high quality steel and is signed by Aubry, datable circa 1900.
30cm lenght
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Le Zograscope
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