Tonsil Guillotine
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Creator(s)
Code
DU_269
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When this instrument is placed over the tonsil and the handle pushed forward the tonsil is first impaled on the tines of a sliding fork which lifts it so that it can be neatly severed by the curved blade which follows.
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