overall: 8 7/8 in x 3/8 in; x 22.5425 cm x .9525 cm
Object Name:
Rod
electrocoagulator rod
surgical instrument
Description:
Electrocoagulator rod used by Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), American neurosurgeon, pathologist, and pioneer of brain surgery. Cushing did not invent electrocoagulation, but his use and publicity in the 1920s did much to promote the technique.
Ref: Harvey Cushing, “Electrosurgery as an Aid to the Removal of Intracranial Tumors,” Surg. Gynec. Obstet. (1928).