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That is an old dialer switch for a computer. Or the trigger mechanism for a 10 shot rubber band gun.
Jerry
P.S. I really have no clue what it is.
Ah Hell thats one of dowhichmabob's for a whatnot
the fins on the right look like coin slot or actuator or trigger for something. but no idea
None of ya are even close yet. :nono:
Steel guitar neck. :laf: :laf:
Geeeeeeeez! I thought you guys would have had this so fast I'd look like a retard for posting it.
Here's the deal :eyebrow: It's a Medical Bleeder.
Back in the day they used to think that most ailments were caused by a blood imbalance, so they used instruments like this wicked thing to induce bleeding. :doh2:
Did you know that George Washington died from being bled after reportedly having some kind of throat virus?
Here's a nice little article that explains this bizarre technique.
http://medicalantiques.com/medical/Scarifications_and_Bleeder_Medical_Antiques.htm
My question is..............................
Why to have one Dr. Jim? :shock2:
I grew up around leeches doing all the blood letting. :sneer:
I dont have one...I actually seen a guy find one on Storage Wars once, or Auction hunters or something and it really boggled me.
So I decided to look it up and see if any of you guys ever heard of them.
It does have a very faint resemblance to the thing they used on me one time in the emergency room. The one they used on me was plastic and disposable though. I should mention that they used it every half hour for the first 12 hours then only every hour for the next 12 hours.
ammit i most guessed that. it was on storage wars the other night and thought about that
They apparently were available in tons of different shapes and sizes. I'm surprised they used one on you Art. I thought these were a antique taboo medical tool from ancient times.
They called it "Flow and Clot test" . They timed how long it took for the drops of blood to touch, and then how long for it to clot. It sounded to me like that is a very common test with rattlesnake bites.
It would make sense to do a flow and clot test after a rattlesnake bite. Rattlesnake venom is an anticoagulant. Makes ya bleed into your own tissues. You could tell how active/strong the venom is by how fast your blood clots.
Yeah....What HE ^ said.
Thanks Bear. :biggrin:
How did it work? Did they drag it across your skin? Or flip something and those blades drive into down into you?
They put it against my skin ( after they shaved a spot ) and pushed the lever. The blades were spring loaded and snapped down to make the cuts. I had a lot of fun with that nurse :innocentwhistle:.....until she started bringing the doc with her every time she had to come back. :doh2:
Ya scared the poor girl :alscalls: