Hellenistic Medical Instruments

Hellenistic Medical Instruments

Bronze medical instruments of the Hellenistic Era.

Bronze medical instruments of the of Hellenistic and Roman Eras, including spoons for medicine preparation and ingestion (Λ109, Λ110, Λ113, Λ354), a vaginal dilator (Λ273), Tooth forcep for extracting teeth (A332), Tooth set in a gold band, probabily a votive oftering (Λ358), forceps for removing foreign bodies from the ears and nose. (A88) and spatulas for mixing and measuring medicine (rarely for cauterization)

Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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