20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools


	20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools
JackieDel
7-5-2009 12:42 PM
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medicine, history
JackieDel says:
The site explains what each instrument was used for.
O.u.c.h.!
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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Amputation Knife (1700s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/05D73B95-A2A3-4C48-86AF-6A52B9940F6A" alt="Amputation Saw" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Amputation Saw (1600s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/959C549A-CF8C-4BC8-8EF6-1C70A1626EEA" alt="Artificial Leech" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Artificial Leech (1800s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/7A437CF6-4B92-4446-9145-2703B0D6C772" alt="Bullet Extractor" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Bullet Extractor (1500s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/4896E55C-63EB-440A-9394-709165104EB8" alt="Cervical Dilator" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/A2E47896-CB34-4967-8C5E-6E187602B464" alt="Hirtz Compass" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Hirtz Compass (1915)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/82266808-31C9-4D64-9BC8-382D90E0474B" alt="Hysterotome/Metrotome" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Hysterotome/Metrotome (1860s-90s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/9B1DC155-6858-4B62-987F-2FAE67764FF1" alt="Lithotome" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Lithotome (1740s-1830s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/A7729850-4B9A-462B-BD36-EE79D2BC5089" alt="Mouth Gag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Mouth Gag (1880s-1910s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/4B886AD8-A8BB-439A-8039-D55E596E5C70" alt="Scarificator" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Scarificator (1910s-20s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/758EC58C-0837-4B8C-A90B-BBEEF1996EED" alt="Skull Saw" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/CD5C2E7F-DB88-47D0-BA0A-37E5A650F813" alt="Tobacco Smoke Enema" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/1215AEDC-A9B0-4BCB-B89E-C486FBC83ADD" alt="Tonsil Guillotine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><DIV>Scarificators were used in bloodletting. The spring-loaded blades in this device would cut into the skin, and a special rounded glass cup could be applied over the wound. When warmed, it would help draw the blood out at a faster rate.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Tonsil Guillotine (1860s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/34C24323-7C41-4501-8AE5-EF7BD7CAD597" alt="Trephine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Trephine (1800s)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.surgicaltechnologists.net/img/FA2158F3-6F05-40E5-9A47-DD3A75C4CDA8" alt="Vaginal Speculum" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.surgicaltechnologists.net/blog/20-scary-old-school-surgical-tools"><STRONG>Vaginal Speculum (1600s)</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9A60B960-A701-4C0E-9219-D6B304378281/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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