Tools of the Trade

Steel skin clips, forceps, grooved awl

Retractors, needles, gouges and saws

Intestinal clamps, blunt dissectors

Scalpels, pins, toothed directors

Tools of the trade, forceps and blades

Skillfully lathed, for us to maim

Bone levers, spikes, malleable scoops

Plates and chisels, screws and spoons

Drills, raspatories, files and durettes

Guillotines, gags and compression forceps

Tools of the trade, ripping the rib-cage

To remissly lustrate, so pleased to maim

Retractors, mallets, rugines and benders

Chisels, rods, sharps and catheters

Trephines, undines, irons and styrups

Depressors, tongues, sterile catgut

Tools of the trade, stainless steel blades

Painstakingly lathed, we're so pleased to maim