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  <dc:title>Corrigan's Button</dc:title>
  <dc:description>This instrument is a Corrigan's Button.  It consists of a metal shank, which ends in a small disc or button and is attached to a black wooden handle.  Designed by Irish physician and past President of RCPI, Sir Dominic Corrigan, it was heated and applied to the skin to relieve muscle pain.  Slightly rusted.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1840s</dc:date>
</rdf:Description>