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Artifact Name	Myringotomy Knife
Type of Object	Knife, aural
Manufacturer	Sklar
Date of Manufacture	1925-1940
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	0.4 cm. x 14 cm. x 0.4 cm.
Physical Details	Small stainless steel operating scalpel with sheath. Body of instrument consists of a large area of textured grip at the proximal end, followed by a small screw area, a long shaft, and a flat, ovaloid blade punctuated by a very sharp point. Blade is protected by a cylindrical, stainless steel sheath that screws in to the base of the instrument.
Medical Subject	Otologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation
Accession Number	1982.101j
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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