Antique Mathieu-Type Tonsillotome, Ring-Handled 19th Century Tonsil Guillotine

Antique Mathieu-Type Tonsillotome, Ring-Handled 19th Century Tonsil Guillotine

$125.00 USD

Antique Mathieu-Type Tonsillotome, Ring-Handled 19th Century Tonsil Guillotine

$125.00 USD

A ring-handled tonsillotome — the "tonsil guillotine" that captured the tonsil in a fenestrated ring and sheared it away with a sliding blade in a single stroke, a procedure performed in seconds and often without anesthesia. Among the most notorious and sought-after instruments of Victorian surgery. Shown from several angles.

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Antique Mathieu-Type Tonsillotome, Ring-Handled 19th Century Tonsil Guillotine

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