拍品專文
B. Heine of Wurzburg invented this particular type of chain-saw in 1848. They were only produced in very limited quantities.
細節
A very rare and fine mechanical steel and ivory chain-saw, signed Heine of Wurzburg, with blued steel and gilt-brass fittings, the chain operated by a toothed cog wound by a handle of serpentine form, guided by an adjustable arm that screwed into an adjacent bone: the chain adjusted by a gilt-brass tension screw - overall length 14ins.
出版
Cf. the general catalogue of medical instruments, Gujot and Spielman, Paris 1872: "this type of saw was never on general issue. It was found to go too far, too fast." A few examples were supplied to America for use during the Civil War and last appeared in a medical catalogue there in 1871. The need for speedy amputation was lessened by the use of anaesthetics, although surgery in the abdomen or thoracic cavity was still a dangerous novelty at the end of the 19th Century.
For a similar example of this saw (and one of only a few known) see the Musée de l'Assistance Publique, Paris.
For a similar example of this saw (and one of only a few known) see the Musée de l'Assistance Publique, Paris.