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The smaller vessel would have been applied to the arms. Greek: motos molubous Latin: plumbea fistula click image to enlarge. After operations on the nose, rectum, vagina, etc.

Greek: kauterion Latin: ferrum candens click image to enlarge. The cautery was employed to an almost incredible extent in ancient times, and surgeons expended much ingenuity in devising different forms of this instrument.

This plain cylindrical case was used to store and protect the thin probes and curettes used by physicians. Hippocrates mentions a portable equipment case for use on housecalls.

Greek: agkistron Latin: hamus, acutus click image to enlarge. Hooks, blunt and sharp, are frequently mentioned in both Greek and Latin literature, and served the same possible purposes we use them for: the blunt for dissecting and raising blood-vessels like the modern aneurism needle; the sharp for seizing and raising small pieces of tissue for excision and for fixing and retracting the edges of wounds.

In dissection, many of the manipulations which we perform with the dissecting forceps were performed by the ancients with sharp hooks. Greek: tricholabis Latin: vulsella click image to enlarge.

By far the largest number of forceps of this type are not surgical instruments, but household implements. Many were used for epilation hair removal or by artists.

In Aetius II. Hippocrates I. Greek: psalis Latin: forfex click image to enlarge. The surgical author Oribasius treats the cutting of hair as a regular medical procedure in a special chapter of his work.

Celsus also frequently refers to cutting the hair as a therapeutic measure. Possibly the ancients found difficulty in putting an edge sufficiently smooth for surgical purposes on their shears. Kit for animals up to g No. Item No. Short Fixator. Qty: Add to Cart. Tall Fixator. Stainless Steel. Small Base Plate. Large Base Plate. Retractor Wires. Sharp Retractors. Blunt Retractors. Kit for Animals up to g. Kit for Animals g to 5kg. Why choose us. Get the latest updates.

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