Sharp, Cynthia Tonsillotome Dr. Mathew Moore Butler, who lived from 1839 to 1913, used this instrument to remove tonsils. The tonsillotome was invented in 1827 by Philip Physick; prior to the tonsillotome a method known as the “wire loop” was used. The wire loop method involved wrapping a thin wire around the tonsils and waiting twelve hours for them to fall off. The design of the eighteenth century uvulatome was the basis for the tonsillotome. The tonsillotome was so popular that it was used through the end of the nineteenth century. Country Doctor Museum 14358 942 1850 1913 1850-1913 eng moving image equipment 0cm x 0cm Medicine North Carolina History 19th century Tonsillectomy Instruments This item has been made available by The Country Doctor Museum for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. For information regarding reproduction, please contact The Country Doctor Museum at hslcdm@ecu.edu; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina History and Fiction Collection encdl Artifacts encdlartifacts Country Doctor Museum cdm Health and Medicine ham Tonsillotome Dr. Mathew Moore Butler, who lived from 1839 to 1913, used this instrument to remove tonsils. The tonsillotome was invented in 1827 by Philip Physick; prior to the tonsillotome a method known as the “wire loop” was used. The wire loop method involved wrapping a thin wire around the tonsils and waiting twelve hours for them to fall off. The design of the eighteenth century uvulatome was the basis for the tonsillotome. The tonsillotome was so popular that it was used through the end of the nineteenth century. Medicine--North Carolina--History--19th century 1850-1913 MovingImage equipment J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 14358 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Tonsillectomy--Instruments video videos local, filename 14358.0001 61728224 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 65ea0a351119276e9e92e070748e643c ecu:digital_collections 3394 2272 RGB 0 mm 0 mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14358.0002 4339252 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 f85bccb3a650b2218859550ba60882f0 ecu:digital_collections 1468 980 RGB mm mm 20140205 Digital Collections Epson Expression 10000XL Adobe Photoshop 12.0.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal null md5 True