M0013878: Weiss's improved patent cupping apparatus

Date:: January 1955

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/124/63

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: M0013878: Weiss's improved patent cupping apparatus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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OF A NEW SPECULUM VAGINIA AUT ANI, INVENTED BY Mr. WEISS, 62, STRAND, LONDON. A. The joint of the instrument. B. C. A round wooden peg, which is in¬ serted into Ihe tube betwixt the blades of the instrument, for the purpose of forming a round and smooth extremity, to facilitate its intro¬ duction. D. The blades of the instrument. * By turning the handle of the instrument the blades can be extended to any necessary size, and it will be found a superior instrument to any Speculum Ani yet invented. The blades, when shut, form a very small instru¬ ment if compared to the pewter Speculum Va-