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Chassaignae-type écraseur, London, England, 1880-1902
This Chassaignae-type écraseur was used to remove tumours and haemorrhoids. The linked, looped chain at the end of the instrument would be fitted over the growth by pressing the two levers on each side and moving the handle up to reduce the size of the loop – or down to increase the size of the loop. Once the loop is placed over the growth the linked chain is gradually tightened until the links ar…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- tumour
- ecraseur
- haemorrhoids
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- tumour
- ecraseur
- haemorrhoids
Providing institution
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Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0058065
Identifier
- L0058065
- Science Museum A611936
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Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:10:36.208Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:10:36.208Z