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LicenseMouth gag, screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920
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Mouth gag, spiral screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Mouth gag, screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920
Made from boxwood, this simple screw-shaped mouth gag would be inserted into the mouth as a means of keeping it open. This could be for a number of reasons, most notably to keep open the airways of a patient who has been anaesthetised.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56726
- Materials:
- boxwood
- Measurements:
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overall: 69 mm 31 mm, .02kg
- type:
- mouth gag
