Folding veterinary suture(?) or seton needle, curv

Folding veterinary suture(?) or seton needle

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Folding veterinary suture(?) or seton needle
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Folding veterinary suture(?) or seton needle, curved eye at point, steel with horn handle, probably English, 1830-1880

Details

Category:
Veterinary Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A610689
Materials:
handle, horn and needle, steel
Measurements:
open: length 222 mm
width 25 mm
height 10 mm
type:
suture needles