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From: [email protected] (David Wright)
Subject: Re: Name of MD's eyepiece?
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Gordon Banks) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Ed Clarke) writes:
>>|> |It's not an eyepiece. It is called a head mirror. All doctors never
>>
>>A speculum?
>
>The speculum is the little cone that fits on the end of the otoscope.
>There are also vaginal specula that females and gynecologists are
>all too familiar with.
In fairness, we should note that if you look up "speculum" in the
dictionary (which I did when this question first surfaced), the first
definition is "a mirror or polished metal plate used as a reflector in
optical instruments."
Which doesn't mean the name fits in this context, but it's not as far
off as you might think.
-- David Wright, Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. Waltham, MA
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Hitachi's, though they are the opinions of all right-thinking people