^I'd say it looks like something that belongs in a doctors surgery...
What is it?
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You are on the right track here, it is a medical device of some sort.
^so, is it for sterilising instruments -as was my thought?
You mean as part of an autoclave?
^Something similar, maybe earlier -this device doesn't seem to be operating with high pressure steam...
Perhaps you put the objects inside this thing, close it up, then place it all inside an autoclave.
^I can see that happening.
No, it is not related to sterilization. It is used for a procedure that is still done today, but with much more sophisticated tools now. This was the "manual" version of it, created in the 1930s.
I'll take a guess, based on your very heavy hint in the post above. ECG (EKG to you lot) machine?
(based on the possibility that a roll of paper might fit on that central bit and there may be a stylus we can't see to write on it as the paper unrolls through the machine)
^Does it have to do with skin restoration -as in treatment of severe burns?
Meanwhile...
I visited my parents today (mum's birthday!) and found this gadget in a kitchen drawer:
It is short off two Inches long as seen in this image.
What is it?
Meanwhile...
I visited my parents today (mum's birthday!) and found this gadget in a kitchen drawer:
It is short off two Inches long as seen in this image.
What is it?
The metal looks like a lever, to apply leverage on the rubbery bit that I think fits into a bottle like a cork.
I'm guessing the lever pulls the rubbery bit upward, squeezing it and bulging it radially, so applying pressure on the neck of the bottle it's inserted into.
The question now is why?
Perhaps to seal the bottle temporarily, whilst pressure is allowed to build up inside.
eg, temporarily sealing a lemonade/beer/champagne bottle, to keep the fizz in?
I'm guessing the lever pulls the rubbery bit upward, squeezing it and bulging it radially, so applying pressure on the neck of the bottle it's inserted into.
The question now is why?
Perhaps to seal the bottle temporarily, whilst pressure is allowed to build up inside.
eg, temporarily sealing a lemonade/beer/champagne bottle, to keep the fizz in?
^Exactly.
(But also to seal (keep germs out) until the rest is needed)
(The fact that only one of the rubber bands is extended is due to there being no bottle-neck to stop the one that was 'the most rubbery' from taking all the force.)
Now that was fun - what else do we have here?
(But also to seal (keep germs out) until the rest is needed)
Now that was fun - what else do we have here?
^Don't.
Either you're very good at seeing through things (yay for you!) or you've seen this ancient frugality device before.
Either you're very good at seeing through things (yay for you!) or you've seen this ancient frugality device before.
I'm nevertheless impressed!
It's a bit oldfashioned I guess, from back in the day where liter bottles (or larger) held all the stuff we today have in disposables.
It's a bit oldfashioned I guess, from back in the day where liter bottles (or larger) held all the stuff we today have in disposables.
Some people don't drink a whole wine bottle in one evening and the old cork often doesn't fit once it's out of the bottle; my father uses the same thing too.
Yes! That is close enough so I will just say what it is - a dermatome. It was used to slice off thin layers of skin for grafting purposes. The thing looked a little creepy when I first saw it in a museum. I don't even want to think about how the mechanics of it work.
I think I might have seen such a device in a museum some years ago -- Haven't ever seen (video of) it's use though so I really couldn't be sure. (I'm not at all squeamish, but I just can't watch any cutting or perforating of skin!).
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