Surgical instrument combining knives and forceps

Made:: 1601-1930 in India

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Pendent surgical instrument combining knives and forceps, steel
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Pendent surgical instrument combining knives and forceps, steel, Indian, 1601-1930

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A624221

Materials:: complete, steel and string

Measurements:: blades open: 400 mm
closed: 159 mm x 68 mm

type:: surgical instrument

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Surgical instrument combining knives and forceps

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