Thursday, October 30, 2008

Halloween special: scary medical instruments

The British Columbia Medical museum has an online gallery with some pictures of old medical instruments. They have 2600 items from the past 150 years. Let play a game: try to figure out what is the use of the instrument:


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  1. Perforator: Holme's perforator with side grip was used for gynecology. Used as last resort for obstructed labor.
  2. Double-Clawed toothkey: dentistry.
  3. Adenotome: otolaryngology. For the excision of the adenoids.
  4. 'Smith's' type haemorrhoid clamp: proctology.
  5. 'Devilbiss' skull cutter with spring: orthopaedics.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Man I thought it said musical instruments first. I didn't know which end you are supposed to blow in. The second one is used in water boarding.

Anonymous said...

They are musical instruments, guantanamo bay rectum flutes and trumpets.