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19th Century Mechanical Urological Bistoury

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Mechanical Urological Bistoury

 
Unusual mechanical urological bistoury scalpel with a crosshatched ebony handle. The curved angle of the blade is adjustable with an ingenious mechanism. It was invented by the renowned Prof Pietro Loreta (1831-1889) of the Bologna University. Two factories in Bologna, Fratelli Lollini first, and Ditta Enrico Bergamini after, manufactured those items, starting in 1870 circa. The same instrument can be seen on the right hand side of the picture **here** as part of a remarkably surgical rare set used for "cistotomia perineale". (With thanks to Andrea Menarini for his kind help in identifying the maker and the dates)