| Reference Number | MIMM/2017-14/4 |
| Title | Auvard's Vaginal Speculum |
| Date | 1900-1949 |
| Description | This Vaginal speculum is the Auvard's type. It is made of steel, with a curved, broad jaw with slightly concave and blunted tip. It also has a detachable weight, however the weight currently does not move.
The weight is heavily corroded, with many gouges and scratches around the circumference, while the handle and jaw are scratched and corroded in various places. The maker is unknown.
Designed by French obstetrician and gynaecologist Alfred Auvard in the 1880s, this vaginal speculum is still in use today for accessing the vaginal wall, cervix, uterus and uterine contents.
The detachable weight gives the instrument its self-retaining property allowing the surgeon to use both hands during procedures. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 280mm x 120mm x 105mm |
| 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 | Vaginal Speculum |
| Term | Obstetrics -- instrumentation |
| Gynaecology -- instrumentation |