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Aural Speculum, c. 1820

Inventory Number 34973

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34973

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Donated by Reverend Dr B H Streeter
Primary inscriptions
WEISS LONDON
Physical material
metal
Object type
Speculum
Dimensions
Height: 143mm Width: 37mm Depth: 33mm Weight: 68g
Inventory No
34973
Accession Number
1926-11

Description

Aural speculum, Weiss, London c. 1820. Instrument has a pipette-shaped nozzle that would have been inserted into the ear to widen the auditory canal by squeezing the handles, which have a spring mechanism. Donated by Reverend Dr B H Streeter.

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