Tonsilotome

Tonsillectomy--Equipment and supplies

Tonsillectomy--instrumentation

Ear, nose and throat instruments

Used to cut out and remove tonsils

Steel with black wooden handle.

A metal medical instrument with long shafts, finger rings, and a rubber bulb is shown against a light background. The device has scissor-style finger loops near the center and a squeeze bulb attached at one end through a short metal connector. Along the shaft are small circular plates and adjustment components. At the opposite end is a circular ring-shaped tip. The instrument’s metal surface is reflective and shows signs of wear.

Luer (Firm : Paris, France)

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1850?

Alex Peck (Firm)

Cravens, Annette

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21.2 cm.

Medical instrument

Image

Still image

94.12.1

LIB-HSL001

Tonsil guillotine

4/7/2006

Steel with wooden handle