concept
Goat's-Foot Elevator
goat's-foot
also: козья ножка
A curved dental elevator resembling a hoof, used to loosen a tooth before extraction -- the instrument Kuryatin considers and sets aside before the botched extraction with forceps.
Reading notes
- Surgery §48 goat's-foot
A dental elevator with a curved, hoof-like blade used to loosen a tooth before extraction -- one of the instruments Kuryatin fatefully considers, then sets aside, before reaching for the forceps.