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Description: | HILLIARD (stamped on one of the limbs of the instrument). 7 (stamped on one of the limbs of the instrument near the joint). MANU W.B. Hilliard 19th century 65, Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland This adult mouth gag has a scissor action and the hooked ends open as the handles are closed. The instrument is fitted with a ratchet and a screw clamp and was used to keep the mouth open in dentistry, cleft palatte operations and some times in general surgery when administering aenasthetcs. The prongs are round and recurved and made of nickel so that they could be easily bent to take any shape required.. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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