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same small curvature. The curved manubriolus of scalpel No. 6 in 

 the Ex-Voto scalpel box already described, is also intended for use as 

 a blunt hook. A special variety is also mentioned in dissecting the 

 nerves of the thorax. Galen bids us place under the nerve the hook 

 which we use in varicose veins. He says it should be " half sharp," 

 so as to make its way, but not acutely sharp so as to pierce the 

 sheath. In the eighth book Galen mentions an eyed hook. Is the 

 aneurism needle still one of the contents of the modern dissecting 

 box ? It used to be in my student days. 



