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RUGINE-RASPATOIRE FARABEUF [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

In practice many English-language instrument catalogues interchange the terms "raspatory", "rugine" and "periosteal elevator" haphazardly, though "rugine" tends to be reserved for instruments of French design. ... Indeed, the French for "raspatory" is "rugine"; and to clarify English usage, either one term or the other should be discarded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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