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Unidentified Medical Instrument, Allen & Hanburys, England, 20th Century

Inventory Number 14593


Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Physical material
Rubber
Plated Metal
Inventory No
14593

Description

Instrument head has a cutting blade, the position of which is moved by a mill-edged knob on the side of the instrument head. There is a hinged plate which covers the mechanism inside the head, a metal switch on the handle, and the instrument's handle has a threaded end. There are also two tubes with valved, screw threaded ends.

(.1: Instrument head; .2: 2x tubes)