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Kirschener's Wire Extension Stirrup
Kirschener's Wire Extension Stirrup
Kirschener's Wire Extension Stirrup
Kirschener's Wire Extension Stirrup

Kirschener's Wire Extension Stirrup

Associated
Associated
Date1938
Object NameStirrup
Mediumsteel
ClassificationsMedicine and Healthcare
DimensionsOverall: Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 10.16 cm, Depth: 2.54 cm
AcquisitionKenneth A Webster Nursing Collection.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS032030
About MeSmall stirrup used for Kirschener's wire extension: a method of applying skeletal traction. the wire was secured by tightening the nuts, nurses had toensure that they remained tight and that there was no sighn of inflammation at the wound sites. stamped "hm government" perhaps indicating that it riginally came from Woodend (Oldmill) when a military hospital. Latterly it was stored in the basement of ARI, Woolmanhill.
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