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Title	Skin Grafting Instrument
Subject	Science and Technology Military Ohio World War II Medicine Skin-grafting Medical equipment & supplies
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) France
Description	This skin grafting instrument was made during World War II (1941-1945) by Dr. Gilman Kirk from an 88-millimeter mortar shell casing. A skin graft is a surgical procedure in which a piece of skin is transplanted from one area to another. To remove the skin to be transplanted, the cylindrical piece was placed on the area that was to be grafted and the arm fitted with a razor blade would swing around and graft the skin. The instrument measures 3.5" x 4.5" x 4.5" (8.89 x 11.43 x 11.43 cm). Dr. Gilman Kirk, cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University Medical College in 1934, served as the chief of surgery of the 297th General Hospital in Marseilles, France during World War II. Kirk returned to Ohio after the war and was active throughout his life in various hospitals and medical organizations in central Ohio.
Creator	Kirk, Gilman
Date of Original	1941 - 1946
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s) Medical Heritage Center, Ohio State University
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om1595_1782928_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1595_1782928_001.tif
Image Height	1620
Image Width	2180
File Size	1060.214 KB

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