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Bergmanna knife

Bergmanna knife (Е. Bergmann, is mute. the surgeon, 1836-1907) – a massive, sharp-pointed scalpel, with dredging under a finger of a hand and longitudinal cutting on the handle, is used at resections of joints.

 
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In the aspiration to pull out the patient, doctors often go too far. So, for example, a certain Charles Janszen during the period from 1954 to 1994 endured more than 900 operations on removal of new growths.