Fuller's Improved Scarificator

Fuller's Improved Scarificator

Fuller, John

Scarificator

Knife

Blood

Blood letting

Brass

Hexagonal brass scarificator. Curved spring loaded lever on instrument top. Ten slots for short curved blades on bottom.

Fuller, John

1811

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Warren Anatomical Museum: 20154

object

1 scarificator

Medical Equipment

physical object

Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20154

This scarificator was created in 1811 by John Fuller in London, England as an improvement over the original scarificator design. It was owned by James Cotter, who kept it in his personal collection. In 2008, Mr. Cotter's wife, Mrs. James Holland Carter, donated this scarificator and other medical instruments and paraphernalia to the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Scarificator

4.5 W x 5 D x 6.5 H cm