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Robert Dornan: It is not forceps. They do not even have an instrument of death for this. They use Mendelson's scissors and they shove…

On the recordJuly 26, 1996
It is not forceps. They do not even have an instrument of death for this. They use Mendelson's scissors and they shove them in and open them up to tear the back of the skull to take the brains out. They had to adapt a tool to do that.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the methods used in certain medical procedures.

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