courtesy of Wakefield Council

This object is in the collection of Wakefield museum.
What is it ?
How does it relate to the history of medicine?

submitted by Ann Ferguson and John Whitaker

(from Surgeons’ Hall Museum, Edinburgh)

One of the earliest published descriptions of this instrument (possibly the earliest),  was by a famous Scottish surgeon-anatomist who collected examples from other surgeons and made modifications.

What is the instrument called, what was it used for and who was the surgeon ?

Clue – his portrait hangs in  Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh, venue of the BSHM September Congress

submitted by Iain Macintyre

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