Antique medicine


Spatula probe

Spatula probe (lat .: spathomela)

 

 


This type of probe is one of the multipurpose devices that were increasingly used in a non-medical context (see spoon probes) and thus does not allow the sole determination of a physician's grave. The shape is similar to the end of the scalpel, so it is flat and often provided with Mittelgrat.


In the medical field he could e.g. be used as a tongue depressor or, similar to the scalpel handle, to spread apart wound edges. In addition, this type can be used especially for everything that has to do with rubbing, stirring and application.


The blade of the spatula presented here is flat on one side, and also provided on the other side with a ridge, thus a greater longitudinal stability has been achieved. Leaf with elegant notch at the base.


Length 143 mm, size of the leaf 64x12 mm, handle on a length of 57 mm, seven-edged, then the following, broken handle on the obtained length of 16 mm with indicated oval cross-section.