scarificator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scarificator
1605–15; < New Latin (coined by Ambroise Paré); scarify, -ator
Example Sentences
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The scarificator bears the inscription on one side, “Salt & Son/Birmingham.”
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Frequently a veterinary spring lancet or fleam is mistaken for a human lancet, or a scarificator for an instrument of venesection.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Gillespie felt that the rural physician could dispense with the glass cups, torch, and scarificator and substitute in their place a simple thumb lancet and cow’s horn.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
During the minute that the skin was allowed to tumefy under the cup, the scarificator was warmed in the palm of the hand in preparation for the most difficult part of the operation.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
The tube was then applied to the skin and allowed to cool, thus sucking blood from a wound made by the scarificator, a long metal tube that was rotated to make a circular incision.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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