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Scalpel earrings | sterling silver
Ask a scrub tech what she does before an operation closes: she counts every swab, needle and instrument back onto the tray. These scalpel earrings in sterling silver are a present for a friend who keeps that count in open heart surgery, or a pair to keep if theatre is your own workplace.
Who It's For
- a niece who graduated in surgery
- a woman who uses a scalpel herself
- your girlfriend or partner
- yourself, when a bonus comes in
Demaris M. on these earrings: they have “complete fasteners so I won't worry about them falling out”.
Why Surgeons Use Different Blades
A surgeon picks the blade to suit the cut, and the blade's number tells her its shape. A No. 10 has a curved edge for large incisions. A No. 15 has a smaller curve for short, fine ones. A No. 11 is a narrow, pointed triangle made to puncture, to drain an abscess or to open into a vessel or duct. All three fit the same slim handle, a No. 3 or a No. 7. Blades numbered 20 and up are bigger again and need the broader No. 4 handle, for long incisions such as those across the chest and abdomen.
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FAQ
How long are they, and how do they fasten?
Each earring measures 36 mm (about 1.4 inches), not counting the hook, about 10 mm longer than a 2-euro coin is wide. Each one hangs from a small ring below a leverback hook, blade pointing down, and the leverback closes behind the lobe so the earring stays in place. They are 925 sterling silver, nickel-free and hypoallergenic. Wipe them with a soft cloth and store them dry.
Is there a gold vermeil pair, or a matching necklace?
Yes. The scalpel earrings also come in 18K gold vermeil, at the same 36 mm, on gold vermeil leverbacks. Choose the finish she already wears. The design is the same in both finishes. For a set, the scalpel necklace comes in sterling silver and in 18K gold vermeil, a 42 mm pendant on a 45 cm chain with a 5 cm extender.
Will they arrive in time, and what if they aren't right?
DHL Express delivers them free worldwide in 1-5 business days, and we pay the import duties and taxes, so nothing is due at the door. They arrive in a ready-to-gift jewelry box and festive envelope. If they aren't right, our 30-day “Love It or Return It” policy applies to unworn earrings.
Did the Romans use scalpels?
Yes. In July 1989, work on Piazza Ferrari in Rimini uncovered a Roman doctor's house that fire had destroyed in the third century AD. In the ruins lay about 150 instruments of bronze and iron, scalpels among them. A line scratched on a wall gives the doctor a likely name: “Eutyches homo bonus hic habitat”, Eutyches, a good man, lives here. Roman scalpels often had an iron blade set into a bronze handle, with a blunt, leaf-shaped end for separating tissue. Our word comes from their scalpellum, a little knife.
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