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Forceps

Object number2022.14.6 a,b

Date1972-1999

OriginPakistan

MediumStainless steel; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Judith Fesz

DescriptionStainless steel forceps. Shiny silver metal. Scissors-shape with two ring handles that are connected by stepped ratchet. Handles connect to flared shanks that are mounted together at box lock nearer to tip. Tips have serrated jaw on interior face. Tip of forceps has hollow cylindrical clear plastic sleeve to keep them closed and protected. DimensionsLength x Width x Depth (a): 5.563 x 2.5 x 0.188 in. (14.1 x 6.4 x 0.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 0.938 x 0.25 x 0.188 in. (2.4 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (a,b together): 5.813 x 2.5 x 0.25 in. (14.8 x 6.4 x 0.6 cm)
Marks(a)
Engraved text on one side of the shanks "STAINLESS" and "PAKISTAN".
Historical NotesMedical equipment used by Judith Fesz when she worked for the Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County. The Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County started in 1919 as the Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1948, they incorporated as the Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County. The organization is a descendent of the Fruit and Flower Mission, but the organization split from Fruit and Flower and that organization continued its work of visiting the sick and elderly. They were one of only a few home care agencies when they started out. They started hospice serves in 1970 and a stroke group, and they were the first to do home chemo in the 1980s. When Judith Fesz started in 1972, you had to have a bachelor’s degree but they loosened this rule during her time with the organization and when she left in 1999, they had around 700 employees. The organization closed in 2000 because of Medicare financial issues.

Related institution Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County (1949 - 2000)

Previous owner Judith Fesz

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