A vintage écraseur a surgical instrument containing a wire loop that is used to encircle and sever a projecting mass of tissue by gradual tightening of the chain or loop. This example measures 27cm (10 1/2") long and is in good working order, it has the word 'SCHOOL' and the initials 'DRH' chisseled into the surface.

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