What are they used for?
scaples are used to cut the skin or meat.Forseps are for holding body tissue, and clamps are for holding blood vessels and other things.
The tools forceps, scaple, and clamps are an important part of surgical history. These three tools were some of the first surgical instruments. I if it wasn't for the people in 3000 B.C. then we would not have the things we have today.
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scaples are used to cut the skin or meat.Forseps are for holding body tissue, and clamps are for holding blood vessels and other things.
The oldest tool was the small copper Sumerian knives it was the year 3000 B.C. (Before Christ). They were used like the scalpels that we used in modern day surgery.
The two main forceps are the locked and non-locked forceps.




