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Type of Object
Dilator, mouth gag
Date of Manufacture
1915-1925
Physical Details
Steel mouth gag with cheek retractors. Spring rachet control, with two levers on one end controlling the expansion of two wire brackets. In between the two brackets are two cheek retractors.
Dimensions
7.5 cm. x 18 cm. x 7.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Oral Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation; Diagnosis, Oral -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1987.8.8
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Mouth Gag with Cheek Retractors, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00005.jpg