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