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Tissue
retractors to hold back muscle during resection of the bone |
Early style
trephine (skull drill) and handle for opening the skull bone.
Disassembled. |
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Large
amputation knives (with removable handles) for large muscle cutting |
Trocar
for bladder puncture or drainage of a body cavity |
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Scalpels
above, curved bistouries below are for
dissection of ligaments and tissue |
Tissue or
artery forceps
(tweezers) for holding tissue or an artery while tying it off to stop
bleeding |
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Capital
amputation bone saw for resection of large bones of the leg or arm |

Tourniquets
to compress arteries above the cut during amputation |
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Scalpel
for tissue incision, this particular type is usually found with a trephine |

Catlin
(double sided) amputation knife for cutting in both directions |
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Single sided large Liston type
amputation knife |

Large
lifting back metacarpal saw for cutting fingers and tendons |
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Later style
trephine used to open skull bone (assembled) |

Hey saw
to cut into the skull bone |
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Early
Capital saw for large bones |

Metacarpal
saw for small bones |
Bone cutting
forceps (ronguer) for trimming bone
fragments or finishing cuts |
Bone file
for smoothing edges and lifting out parts of bone. Usually
found with a trephine |
Metacarpal saw
to separate
small bones of hand or foot
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Bone brush
to remove bone sawdust from the cutting site. Usually found with a
trephine |
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Tenaculum
for hooking arteries to pull them out enough to tie them off |

Locking
forceps to hold tissue |
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Urethral staves or sounds to open
urinary canal into the bladder |

Chain saw for cutting bone in
tight spaces |
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Bone sequestrum or
tissue forceps |

Bone chisel
and hammer used to trim bone |

Urinary catheters used to drain the bladder when
the urethra is blocked |

Bullet probe with porcelain tip, used to find lead
bullets by touching and marking the porcelain |