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Actions	Doctors forehead mirror Remove from selection Add to selection Object number@LJY TitleDoctors forehead mirror Creator Edinburgh Gardner & Son (Manufacturer)‎ DescriptionForehead mirror, attached to the practioniers forehead by a strap. The doctor would swing it down over one eye, and then look through the hole in the center into the patient's nose or throat; reflected ambient light improved the view. It has a cover over the mirror to stop it from tarnishing. Stamped with Gardner and Son, Edinburgh Production periodTwentieth century, mid Object nameForehead mirror Object categoryINSTRUMENT MaterialGlass, Metal Dimensions Diameter: 9 cm

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TitleDoctors forehead mirror

Creator Edinburgh Gardner & Son (Manufacturer)‎

DescriptionForehead mirror, attached to the practioniers forehead by a strap. The doctor would swing it down over one eye, and then look through the hole in the center into the patient's nose or throat; reflected ambient light improved the view. It has a cover over the mirror to stop it from tarnishing. Stamped with Gardner and Son, Edinburgh

Production periodTwentieth century, mid

Object nameForehead mirror

Object categoryINSTRUMENT

MaterialGlass, Metal

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