Abstract: A holder enabling the user to easily and accurately split compressed medical tablets into equal halves having blunt, specifically curved steel jaws to which are permanently affixed resilient rubber cushioning pads, a means for securely holding compressed tablets of all shapes and sizes by means of the thumb and forefinger and to effect splitting by exerting a flexing force appropriately damped along a line which is congruent to the axis of said jaws of the device, a means to preserve the cohesion of the tablet's granulation so that after splitting, each half of the tablet will maintain its original state.