Instrument - Set of Heywood-Smith ovum forceps, Mayer & Meltzer

Physical description

Metal surgical instrument resembling an elongated pair of scissors. Consists of two arms joined together with a pin at centre, each arm topped by a circular finger grip. Each arm ends in a shallow scoop with three rectangular slots running the majority of the length of a scoop. The word 'MAYER & MELTZER' are engraved on one arm of the instrument.

Inscriptions & markings

'MAYER & MELTZER'

Subjects

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