Surgical Instruments of Bradford Cannon
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Title
Surgical Instruments of Bradford Cannon
Subject
Cannon, Bradford
Surgical instruments and aparatus
Surgery, Plastic
Description
From left to right:
A vacuum device used in skin grafting.
Split Skin Grafting Knife with grooved shaft into which razor sharp blades with a rigid backing are slid.
Wire arch used to minimize tension at the suture line after the cleft lip repair. Also may be used to narrow the alveolar gap in the cleft palate with tight adhesive strips across both cheeks.
Mouth gag with tiny prongs to hold it in place in the edentulous jaws. Used for repair of cleft palate.
Abstract
Variety of surgical instruments used by Dr. Bradford Cannon
Creator
Cannon, Bradford
Date Created
n.d.
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
National Archives of Plastic Surgery. Bradford Cannon Instruments.
Format
image
Extent
4 instruments
Type
physical object
Provenance
Gift of Bradford Cannon, M.D. to the Harvard Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 2001.
Files
Citation
Cannon, Bradford, “Surgical Instruments of Bradford Cannon,” OnView, accessed May 25, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/12831.