Surgical Hook

A reproduction of a combination medical instrument, a sharp and blunt surgical hook or retractor, after a find from Durocortorum Remorum (Reims, France), dated to the late 2nd/first half 3rd century AD. 

Literature

  • Künzl, Ernst. Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der Römischen Kaiserzeit. 2., unveränd. Aufl. Bonn: Habelt, 1983.