Nothing quite gets you thanking your lucky stars that you live in the 21st Century as working with the History of Medicine Collection in the David M. Rubenstein Library.
We have been helping to retrofit the boxes containing historic medical instruments in preparation of our move to swing space for the next phase of renovation.
We had a good time playing a game I call, “what in the world is this thing and what body part does it apply to?” Depending on your “ick” tolerance it can be a fun game. Do you want to take a guess at what this is?
Yikes! All I can think when I look at that gadget is “amputation”! Say it ain’t so…
You win the prize! What that prize is, I won’t say. Heh heh. This was labeled “amputation pincers.”