A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Dr. Savenko, were originally publishedin the Revue Medicate for 1821, vol. iii. p. 427,&c. They were afterwards inserted in FroriepsNotizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur-und-Heilkunde,for 1822, vol. ii. n. 26. p. 57, &c. The platecontaining these instruments is wanting in thecopy of the Revue Medicate in the library of theCollege of Surgeons, so that the accompanyingfigures are copied from the German work, in whichsome of them appear to be drawn very authenticity was at first doubted by Kiihn(De Instrum. Chirurg., Veteribus cognitis, et n
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Dr. Savenko, were originally publishedin the Revue Medicate for 1821, vol. iii. p. 427,&c. They were afterwards inserted in FroriepsNotizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur-und-Heilkunde,for 1822, vol. ii. n. 26. p. 57, &c. The platecontaining these instruments is wanting in thecopy of the Revue Medicate in the library of theCollege of Surgeons, so that the accompanyingfigures are copied from the German work, in whichsome of them appear to be drawn very authenticity was at first doubted by Kiihn(De Instrum. Chirurg., Veteribus cognitis, et nuperefossis, Lips. 1823, 4to.), who thought they werethe same that had been described by Bayardi inhis Catat. Antiq. Monument. Herculani ejfos., fol. n. 236—294; when, however, his dis-sertation was afterwards republished ( Med. et Philol., Lips. 1827, 1828, ii. p. 309) he acknowledged himself to be com-pletely satisfied on this point, and has given inthe tract referred to, a learned and ingenious de-. scription of the instruments, and their supposeduses, from which the following account is chieflyabridged. It will, however, be seen at once, thatthe form of most of them is so simple, and theiruses so obvious, that very little explanation isnecessary. 1, 2. Two probes (specillum, /U77A77) made of iron ;the larger six inches long, the smaller four and ahalf. 3. A cautery (KavTTjpiov) made of iron,rather more than four inches long. 4, 5. Twolancets (scatpetlum, afxi\r)), made of copper, theformer two inches and a half long, the other threeinches. It seems doubtful whether they wereused for blood-letting, or for opening abscesses,&c. 6. A knife, apparently made of copper, theblade of which is two inches and a half long, andin the broadest part one inch in breadth; the backis straight and thick, and the edge much curved ;the handle is so short that Savenko thinks it musthave been broken. It is uncertain for what par-ticular purpose it was used : Kii
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