What the nature of the [Greek: spathion] was, if indeed it was a distinct instrument and not a term for scalpels in general, we cannot definitely say.
Among the ruins of the Temple of Aesculapius on the top of the Acropolis at Athens there was found a marble donarium or votive tablet, which represents a box of scalpels flanked by a pair of bleeding-cups.
An example of this is seen in the box of scalpels from Athens (Pl.
Five are scalpels of different shapes; the sixth has a curved cutting instrument at one end and at the other a lithotomy scoop.
The handles of some scalpels belonging to the third century are beautifully inlaid with silver.
In these the scalpelslay head and tail, separated from each other by small fixed partitions.
A box of scalpels of this kind is represented in a marble votive tablet which was found on the Acropolis on the site of the Temple of Aesculapius.
Three out of the six scalpels depicted in the votive tablet from the Acropolis are of this form, and there are now in the Naples Museum four others of the same shape as the one described by Vulpes.
Lucian, as I have mentioned, speaks of scalpels inlaid with gold.
Two scalpels in the Naples Museum carry on their ends the head of Minerva Medica.
The component parts of this portable outfit so far known to us are as follows: The scalpels of different shapes seem to have been carried in boxes, probably wooden, which opened in two halves like a modern mathematical instrument box.
This passage clearly proves that there were two scalpels of a set, each having opposite curvatures after the manner of our right and left vesicovaginal fistula knives.
A variety with the point turned back at the tip is seen in one of the scalpels in the scalpel box from the Acropolis (Pl.
Needles andscalpels may be enclosed in perforated metal boxes.
Forceps and the handles of scalpels are nickelled, and this keeps them bright.
The skill of his fingers as he quickly removed the ape skin from Bentley, using scalpels taken from Barter's table, amazed Bentley with their miraculous dexterity.
As the knives and scalpels leaped to their work with startling dexterity and amazing speed, Bentley strained again against his horrid invisible prison.
A box containing scalpels of different shapes; a pair of scissors with pointed blades, and two or three pointed forceps of different sizes, the extremities of one of which ought to be indented.
The flesh should be taken away with knives and scalpels as well as possible, and the bones thoroughly dried and packed in a box with cotton or grass, and they can be articulated after they are brought home.
Hill was already standing by his table, and his box of scalpels was sticking out of his pocket.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scalpels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
