Perhaps not all members know what a scalpel is.
"Nothing could exceed Mr Dorrit's indignation, as he turned at the
foot of the staircase on hearing these apologies. He felt that the
family dignity was struck at by an assassin's hand. He had a sense
of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could
detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the
fact. His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels
that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity."

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Definition: \Scal"pel\ (sk[a^]l"p[e^]l), n. [L. scalpellum, dim. of
scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf.
F. scalpel.] (Surg.)
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons,
and in dissecting.