Skull clamp with ebony handles

Skull--Surgery---Equipment and supplies

Surgical instruments and apparatus

Skull--surgery--instrumentation

Surgical Instruments

Surgical

Image 101-1484

Used to apply skull traction during surgery

Metal instrument with ebony handles that adjust to fit the clamp around the skull. The clamp has teeth on either side to secure the instrument to the skull.

Codman & Shurtleff

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1880

Phisick Medical Antiques

Cravens, Annette

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18x34 cm.

Clamp

Image

Still image

07.04.16.1

LIB-HSL001

Clamp with ebony handles

9/28/2009

Ebony and silver