A fine Chassaignac écraseur linéaire by Collin amputation surgery 1870

Description

“In the early 1850s’ Edouard Chassaignac invented an instrument that was to have a major impact in the treatment of uterine cacer : the écraseur linéraire. Intended as a replacement for the knife, Chassaignac’s écraseur applied the haemostatic properties of the ligature to the removal of benign tumours, malignancies and haemorrhoids. The instrument consisted of a flattened steel tube, containing two rods of the same metal. the extremities of a chain were attached to the end of each of these rods. The linked, looped chain would be placed around the tumour and gradually tightened by means of a ratchet movement, until the links were inside the instrument. The procedure cur off the blood supply to the tumour, which then fell off with minimal of blood”.
The present curved example is signed by "Collin & Cie à Paris" and it is in perfect working condition.
It measures 49 cm lenght with the chain.
Despite a crack at the guilloché ebony, very good condition.
An important amputation instrument