File:Seton forceps, Europe, 1601-1800 Wellcome L0058147.jpg
Original file (4,256 × 2,832 pixels, file size: 1.15 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary[edit]
| Seton forceps, Europe, 1601-1800 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Seton forceps, Europe, 1601-1800 |
||
| Description |
This pair of forceps would have been used to hold the skin on the body while a needle threaded with silk or string would be passed through a hole in each of the flat jaws. This would irritate the skin, creating an outlet for pus and foreign matter, and hopefully cure the original complaint. When these irritating threads had drawn out the infection and the wound had healed the seton would fall out. The word “seton” is derived from seta – a horsehair bristle. Such procedures fell out of use after Joseph Lister’s introduction of antisepsis in the 1860s. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Europe Wellcome Images |
||
| Credit line |
|
||
| References |
|
||
| Source/Photographer |
https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/3f/a5/a9685388ac11c3b049b2ab407dd6.jpg
|
||
Licensing[edit]
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 12:21, 17 October 2014 | | 4,256 × 2,832 (1.15 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Seton forceps, Europe, 1601-1800 |description = This pair of forceps would have been used to hold the skin on the body while a needle threaded with... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
