Category: Cardiology
Estimated Date: 1880
Name: Southey Canula
Manufacturer: Medical Supply Assoc.

Description: Beautiful inlaid 4.5×2.5x.75 “ wooden oval box contains a set of southey trocars, four trocars, which are on a metal fram that can lift up. The handle is of ivory with a screw adjustment for the length of the needle. Initial ES on a brass plate on the cover. The entire outfit appears to be custom made. These catheters were used to drain edema fluid from the legs in people with heart or kidney failure.

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