k Antique surgical mouth gags A boxwood mouth gag right and two steel mouth gags. Mouth gags were used to pry open the mouths of patients with lockjaw, or to hold the jaw in position for tooth extraction. Later, they were also used to keep an anaesthetised patients mouth open during surgery to prevent suffocation. These mouth gags are English in origin, dating from between 1860 and 1880. Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Antique surgical mouth gags A boxwood mouth gag right and two steel mouth gags. Mouth gags were used to pry open the mouths of patients with lock jaw, or to hold the jaw in position for tooth extraction. Later, they were also used to keep an anaesthetised patient s mouth open during surgery to prevent suffocation. These mouth gags are English in origin, dating from between 1860 and 1880.
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Antique surgical mouth gags

A boxwood mouth gag (right) and two steel mouth gags. Mouth gags were used to pry open the mouths of patients with lock-jaw, or to hold the jaw in position for tooth extraction. Later, they were also used to keep an anaesthetised patient's mouth open during surgery to prevent suffocation. These mouth gags are English in origin, dating from between 1860 and 1880.

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