# Headband thing that some doctors wear....

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024 "2003-02-10T04:10:45Z")
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### Author: ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024/1 "2003-02-10T04:10:45Z")

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What’s that headband with a round piece of shiny metal attached used for?

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024/2 "2003-02-10T04:14:23Z")

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Cecil himself [answered](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_094a.html) that question way back in 1993.

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### Author: ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024/3 "2003-02-10T04:15:43Z")

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A mirror to illuminate dark areas (!)

From the days before LED headlamps 😉

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### Author: ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024/4 "2003-02-10T04:16:03Z")

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Ah, so he did! Thanks.

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### Author: ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headband-thing-that-some-doctors-wear/154024/5 "2003-02-10T05:37:25Z")

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When I did two weeks of ENT back in med school, they gave me one of those to use for the rotation. It was cool, but it’s no substitute for an actual light.

We called 'em “head mirrors”.