Scarifying knife

Made:: 1801-1830 in London

maker:: Weiss, John

Scarifying knife, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath
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Scarifying knife, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Weiss of London, early 19th century

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A648056

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Measurements:: closed: length 57 mm
closed: width 9 mm

type:: scarifying knives

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