Antique Japanese Metal Vaginal Speculum Tool Gynecology Medical Equipment JK919 lacquerware This vintage Japanese wooden souvenir

This vintage Japanese wooden souvenir plaque features a sentence and illustrations of Mt

5 cm wide x  x 12 cm tall

momiji maple leaves

Shishi lion design in a bowl

Signature on the bottom: Staff association memorabilia

Antique Japanese Metal Vaginal Speculum Tool Gynecology Medical Equipment JK919 lacquerware This vintage Japanese wooden souvenirAntique Japanese Vaginal Speculum This is an antique Japanese metal (possibly brass) vaginal speculum used during gynecological exams. It has the typical duckbill shape. There is a curved bolt between the handles with a nut to secure the device in an open position. Brass medical tools were popular in the 1800s and very early 1900s due to their ease of being sterilized with alcohol or boiling water (before autoclaves), but fell out of favor with the