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Description: | HILLIARD (stamped on one of the limbs of the instrument). 7 (stamped on both of the limbs of the instrument near the joint). MANU W.B. Hilliard. 19th century 65, Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland. This adult mouth gag is a scissor action instrument, the hooked ends of which open as the handles are closed. The instrument fitted with a ratchet and a screw clamp was used to keep the mouth open in dentistry, cleft palatte operations and sometimes in general surgery when administering aenasthetcs. The prongs are flattened at the end and are at right angles to the plane of the instrument. They are made of nickel so that they can be bent into 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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