Bronze scalpel/dissector
Unknown Artist
The instrument is a typical example of a Graeco-Roman surgeon's scalpel. One end serves as a leaf-shaped dissector, while the other forms a rectangular handles with a central wedge-shaped slot that originally held the iron or steel scalpel blade.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
1st-3rd century A.D.
Bronze
15.9 cm
74.51.5511
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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