This type of vaginal speculum, sometimes termed a Collin vaginal speculum, was probably designed by, or under the leadership of, Adolphe Collin, a leading surgical instrument maker in Paris.
Ref: The Kny-Scheerer Co., Illustrations of Surgical Instruments (New York, 1915), p. 5205.
Ref: The Kny-Scheerer Co., Illustrations of Surgical Instruments (New York, 1915), p. 5205.
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