Surgery

Spring lancet (5)

Scarificator, invented in Germany, to make suddenly several small superficial incisions in the skin, on which then the cupping head is set. The S. consists of a capsule of steel, on the lower surface of which are as many elongated openings as small lancets (4-12-20) are hidden inside the capsule. These are attached to two or three shafts, by means of which they can make a quarter-circle movement out of the openings. These waves are, as in a shotgun lock the cock, determined by a thumbwheel u. then by a spring, which one relaxes by a pusher, around its axis moves.

Exhibit

The round scarificator, which comes mostly from France, is rather rare - in the Anglo-Saxon area, the model with 4- resp. 8 corners is the most frequent .