{"id":241,"date":"2011-07-08T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/2011\/07\/08\/thingamajig\/"},"modified":"2019-08-30T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:02:00","slug":"thingamajig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2011\/07\/08\/thingamajig\/","title":{"rendered":"Thingamajig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu\">mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu<\/a><br \/>\nWe haven&#8217;t had a Thingamajig in awhile but, luckily, we just got a new donation, and new donations often mean new mystery objects.\u00a0 We can thank the estates of Drs. Robert G. McCorkle, junior and senior, for the following:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-665\" title=\"Sliding heart knives\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/sliding-heart-knives-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twins!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThere are two of them, left and right.\u00a0 They&#8217;re about seven inches long and very slender.<br \/>\nThey have sliding blades.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a close-up of the blade:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-666\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/slidng-heart-knife-blade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-666\" title=\"Slidng heart knife blade\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/slidng-heart-knife-blade.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/slidng-heart-knife-blade.jpg 750w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/07\/slidng-heart-knife-blade-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blade<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe curved edge of the opening is also sharpened on the reverse side.\u00a0 The opening is small, no more than a quarter of an inch.<br \/>\nThe flattened &#8220;paddles&#8221; allow the doctor to slide the runner back and forth to manipulate the blade.\u00a0 That brings us to a Black Bag first:<br \/>\nVideo!\u00a0 Watch the blade slide open and closed.<br \/>\n[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JySK12d0QcY&amp;w=425&amp;h=349]<br \/>\nIf you have any ideas about what these are, post a comment, or email us at the address at the top of the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu We haven&#8217;t had a Thingamajig in awhile but, luckily, we just got a new donation, and new donations often mean new mystery objects.\u00a0 We can thank the estates of Drs. Robert G. 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