| Reference Number | MIMM/2009-1/9 |
| Title | Fergusson's Mouth Gag |
| Date | 1900-1949 |
| Creator Name | Fannin, Medical supply company, 1829- |
| Description | Stainless steel mouth gag with slides as designed by Fergusson, with grooved jaws/parallel blades to fit against patient's teeth, an addition designed by William Robert Ackland. Manufactured by "Fannin's Dublin", it is also engraved "Made in England" on the same arm and "Stainless Steel" on the other. Mouth gags are still used nowadays during dental surgery to keep a patient’s mouth open. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 170mm x 50mm x 14mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Mouth Gag |
| Term | Otolaryngology |
| Otolaryngology -- instrumentation |