Mouth dilator

Made:: 1601-1870

Dilator, mouth, probably Heister's, possibly 17th century

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Dilator, mouth, probably Heister's, possibly 17th century
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Dilator, mouth, probably Heister's, possibly 17th century, probably 18th century to c. 1870, steel

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A613147

Materials:: steel, ? material

type:: oral speculi

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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