Péan-type artery forceps, Paris, France, 1820-1866

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Péan-type artery forceps, Paris, France, 1820-1866. Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Artery forceps are used to compress the artery and seal small blood vessels or to hold the artery out of the way during surgery. Made by Charrière, a Parisian surgical instrument maker, this type of forceps was invented by Jean Péan (1830-1898), a Parisian surgeon. Péan was known for leaving forceps on vessels for several hours – and sometimes days – during surgery in order to avoid stitching the vessel. It was quite common for surgeons to invent new instruments to aid their work. maker: Charrière Place made: Paris, Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France

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