Octagonal, Brass Scarificator

Description: Scarificators were a more sophisticated technique of bloodletting used primarily in the 19th century as four to 16 blades cut the skin in parallel incisions after being cocked back and remained under tension by a spring.

Origin: Circa 1840; England

Manufacturer: Perkins

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