Tongue depressor

Made:: 1901-1930

Tongue depressor, steel, plated, early 20th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A613083

Materials:: steel, nickel-plated

type:: tongue depressors

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Tongue depressor

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