Rectangular black fish-skin instrument case containing five mastoid drills and three other instruments

Made:: 1860-1920

Rectangular black fish-skin instrument case containing five
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Rectangular black fish-skin instrument case containing five mastoid drills and three other instruments, personal relic of Dr. Laidlaw Purves, English (?), 1860-1920

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652018

Materials:: wood, fish skin, felt and silk

type:: surgical instrument sets

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