Description: Surgical osteotomy/bone mallets were, and still are, used in bone dissection, surgical division of bones and in the assistance of driving nails or screws into a bone during surgery for the purpose of fixation. This particular instrument is used in fine surgery of the nose, maxilla and mandible.
Origin: Circa 1890s-1910s; New York, United States
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