Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Volsella

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VOLSELLA and VULSELLA (τριχολαβίς). A pair of tweezers, for pulling hairs out by the roots. (Mart. ix. 28.) The example (Volsella/1.1) is from an original found in an excavation near Rome.

2. A pair of small pincers employed by dentists for removing any decayed or broken fragments of a tooth which might be left behind when the tooth was extracted. (Celsus, vi. 12. 1.) The example (Volsella/2.1) is from an original found amongst several other surgical instruments at Pompeii.

3. A surgical instrument for taking up the proud flesh or edge of a wound to facilitate the operation of cutting away any portions which require removal. Celsus, vi. 18. 3.

4. A surgical instrument used for replacing broken and protruding bones, made like a smith's forceps. Celsus, vii. 10. 7.

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  Volsella/1.1
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  Volsella/2.1