I bought the complete kit (unused) at a local auction about 3 years ago – comes in a stainless steel box – the forceps are useful for many purposes other than that for which they were sold.

Edited By Frances IoM on 28/05/2021 15:04:34

I had to source something for Tygadure cables we were using at work. The cables had a very fine stranded outer braid made from stainless steel and the usual edge cutters and electricians' scissors failed to trim it back as required. I asked Downs Surgical what they had that would work and ended up buying (over time) about 30 pairs of Schuknecht scissors, also referred to as Schuknecht wire cutting scissors. They are designed for an operation on the middle ear that uses a very fine stainless steel wire (Schuknecht's Operation). They were very well made and did a perfect job on the fine braid. They have a serration on one edge, the head is narrow and angled, there is a wire cutting notch and the working end is only about 25mm long.

Martin C

That's the Vas Deferens between men and women

Some of what they can achieve seems many leagues beyond the fabled "watch-making".

I would rate the ears and eyes as arguably among the most delicate and sensitive organs in the body. The Middle Ear link-motion of three tiny bones mechanically amplifies and impedance matches to the transducer itself (the Inner Ear) the vibration of the Tympanum ('ear drum' ). That membrane's amplitude at the minimum sound pressure level humanly audible (20µPa, = 0dB re that pressure on the scale for measuring air-borne sound) is, I was startled to read, barely the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

I had to have my ears syringed a year or so ago (BC these days…). The nurse used a sort of suds pump rather gentler than the old grease-gun syringes, and when she examined the wash-out she said proudly, "Ooo, that's all nice and healthy. I can see the bones in there very clearly!"

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A friend who is a Senior Medical Lecturer, particularly I think in anaesthetic nursing, had shoulder problems.

She told me something like, "I hope they don't have to operate. I know what they do and I don't a man in there with hammers and chisels!"

I remembered that when having my knee replaced. Judging by the sounds about the only engineering technique not involved was welding. At least, I didn't notice any bright light through the screen….

Tools essential for fixing boy-racers and football hooligans. Every workshop should have a pair…

Dave

We are lucky we are not horses, the Henderson castration method will have clenching and knee crossing in the extreme.

Mike