Favre haemorrhoid forceps, C 1850
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A pair of round dishformed bladed ivory and steel haemorrhoid forceps signed by Favre. C 1850. The haemorrhoids were “fixed” by clamping them between the two closed blades and the resulting strangulation of their blood supply would cause them to drop off. Length 19 cm
Favre, fabrique de Instrs de chirurgie, was situated om 1 rue de ecole de medicine / Paris