Screw-shaped mouth gag, Europe, 1880-1920

Made:
1880-1920 in Europe
Mouth gag, screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920 Mouth gag, spiral screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920

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Mouth gag, screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920
Science Museum Group
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Mouth gag, spiral screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Mouth gag, screw, boxwood, 1880 to 1920

Made from boxwood, this simple screw-shaped mouth gag would be inserted into the mouth as a means of keeping it open. This could be for a number of reasons, most notably to keep open the airways of a patient who has been anaesthetised.

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56726
Materials:
boxwood
Measurements:
overall: 69 mm 31 mm, .02kg
type:
mouth gag