WARING TONSILLECTOMY TUBES

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Title

WARING TONSILLECTOMY TUBES

Subject

EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

Description

Printed HMS card:

"Almost identical in design to the clap pipes of colonial times. These, however, were used to suck the tonsillar tissue into it, in order to get the tonsillectomy in proper position for the removal of the tonsil."

Includes tubular mailing container (stamps on mailer date from 1920's). 

"One set THE WARING Suction tonsillectomy tubes."

Creator

The Mim co, Washington, DC.

Date

Circa 1870

Identifier

BK463: Image 3231

Files

HMS Artifacts November W#-3231.jpg

Citation

The Mim co, Washington, DC. , “WARING TONSILLECTOMY TUBES,” Hartford Medical Society Archives, accessed May 13, 2024, https://hartfordmedicalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/515.

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