scarificator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scarificator
1605–15; < New Latin (coined by Ambroise Paré); scarify, -ator
Example Sentences
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The scarificator bears the inscription on one side, “Salt & Son/Birmingham.”
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Cupping set contains two hanging “glass leeches,” a scarificator, a bottle of alcohol, and a torch with a ring handle such as the cupper Knox recommended.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
By a more complex mechanism, the blade could be made to return after it was injected, or the blade could be made to sweep out a curve as do the blades of the scarificator.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
In the 1790s, the octagonal scarificator that was to become the standard English-American model began to appear in surgical texts.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Gillespie felt that the rural physician could dispense with the glass cups, torch, and scarificator and substitute in their place a simple thumb lancet and cow’s horn.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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