Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman TimesMilne, John Stewart
History
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times
Milne, John Stewart
Surgery -- History; Surgical instruments and apparatus
_Louvre Museum._ Double curette, cyathiscomele, ear probe, stylet with
large olivary point, forceps with olivary point.
_Cluniac Museum._ Scoop probe, scalpel.
_Orfila Museum._ All from Herculaneum. Ligula, ear scoop, two raspatories,
hook and scoop, scalpel, fork and hook, curette and hook, bodkin.
_Montauban Museum._ (Tarn-et-Garonne.) Large surgical needle,
cyathiscomeles (four), spathomele (one), scoop and spatula (steel),
epilation forceps (one), four ear specilla, round spatula, bistoury
handle, all from Cosa.
_Rouen._ Four epilation forceps, one small forceps with locking
arrangement, one forceps with narrow rounded legs, one fine-toothed
forceps, twelve cyathiscomeles, three needles and bodkins, twenty styloid
instruments, three ligulae.
_Amiens._ Round scalpel handle with spiral lines, one large epilation
forceps, one spud and probe, one blunt hook, one styloid probe, two
spathomeles, six cyathiscomeles.
MUSEUMS IN BELGIUM.
_Namur._ Find of Surgeon of Wancennes, including ointment slab (Deneffe).
_Brussels._ Mus. de Ravenstein _alias_ Cinquantenaire. Étui with silver
specilla brought from Italy by M. Ravenstein; three specilla; scalpels.
_Charleroi._ Fine bistoury.
MUSEUMS IN GERMANY.
_Mainz_ (Germano-Roman Museum). Spatula-probe, medicine box, staphylagra,
four bleeding-cups.
_Frankfort_ (Historical Museum). Four epilation forceps with sliding
catch, two ligulae.
_Kiel._ Forceps of silver.
_Cologne._ Chisel, two forceps, pestle, phlebotome.
MUSEUMS IN AUSTRIA.
_Vienna._ Staphylocaustus.
MUSEUMS IN GREECE.
_Athens._ Six knives (four from tomb in Milos, two from tomb in Tanagra);
forceps and porte-caustic, large cup and chain (Tanagra); ex-voto tablet
from Acropolis, representing box of scalpels and two cups, twenty-four
spathomeles, one trivalve vaginal speculum.
MUSEUMS IN DENMARK.
_Copenhagen_ (Thorwaldsen). Two epilation forceps, one ditto with leaf
shaped ends and catch, three spoon probes, one spatula probe.
MUSEUMS IN SWITZERLAND.
The instruments from the Roman hospital at _Baden_, now in the Baden
Museum, have already been summarized (page 22). Instruments in other
museums in Switzerland are:
_Basel Augst._ (Augusta Rauracorum). Uvula forceps, probe, spoon-probe.
_Avenches._ Broken uvula forceps, two vulsella, spatula of bronze plated
with silver, probes, needle.
_Yverdon._ Probes.
_Bern._ Two probes from Hermance, forceps and spatula probe from Tiefenau.
_Lausanne._ Spoon probe from Bosséaz and Allaz. Étui for probes, seal for
medicament pots, vulsella.
_Sierre._ Four spoon probes, spatula probe, large needle.
_Schaffhausen._ Probe from Schleitheim.
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