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Cauterizer
1st century AD
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Naples, Italy
Made incandescent, it was used to cauterize tissues, for example with the aim of stopping bleeding. The predecessor of the electrosurgical unit.
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Details
- Title: Cauterizer
- Date Created: 1st century AD
- Location Created: Pompeii
- Physical Dimensions: Length 25,2 cm
- Medium: Bronze
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