Folding green and black leather 'dressing case' containing various surgical instruments

Made:: 1843-1860 in London

maker:: Coxeter

Folding green and black leather 'dressing case' containing various surgical instruments

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Folding green and black leather 'dressing case' containing various surgical instruments, personal relic of Dr. W. M. MacCulloch, by James Coxeter and Son, 23 and 24 Grafton Street, London, England, 1843-1860.

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652027

Materials:: leather

type:: surgical instrument sets

credit:: Johnson-Saint

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Parts

Double channel catheter

Double channel catheter

Double channel catheter, likely English, 1840-1870

Materials:: silver, ? plated

Object Number:: A652027 Pt1

type:: catheters

Dressing scissors

Dressing scissors

Dressing scissors, right handed; Matthews, Portugal Street, London, England 1865-1870

Materials:: steel, ? material

Object Number:: A652027 Pt2

type:: dressing scissors

Serrated edge tweezers

Serrated edge tweezers

Tweezers, with serrated edges and adjustable lock, with finger ring, likely English, 1840-1870

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A652027 Pt3

type:: tweezers

Steel, spatula-like tongue depressor

Steel, spatula-like tongue depressor

Steel, spatula-like tongue depressor, W. Matthews, England 1865-1870

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A652027 Pt4

type:: tongue depressors

Scoop with director

Scoop with director

Scoop with director

Materials:: steel, ? material

Object Number:: A652027 Pt5

type:: scoops

Probe in silver case

Probe in silver case

Probe in silver case, Matthews, Portugal Street, London, 1865-1870

Materials:: silver, ? plated

Object Number:: A652027 Pt6

type:: probes

Exploring trocar with cannula in ivory case

Exploring trocar with cannula in ivory case

Exploring trocar with cannula in ivory case, likely English, presumed 1840-1870

Materials:: steel and ivory

Object Number:: A652027 Pt7

type:: trocars

Finger knife in tortoiseshell case

Finger knife in tortoiseshell case

Finger knife in tortoiseshell case, with lock back, Weiss, London, 1840-1870

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A652027 Pt8

type:: knives

Double knife with abcess knife and gum lancet

Double knife with abcess knife and gum lancet

Double knife with abcess knife and gum lancet, in tortoiseshell case with lock backs, Matthew, England 1865-1870

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A652027 Pt9

type:: knives

Double bistoury in ivory case

Double bistoury in ivory case

Double bistoury in ivory case, one curved blade, other curved and probe painted, lock back, Matthews, Portugal Street, London, England 1865-1870

Materials:: ivory and steel

Object Number:: A652027 Pt10

type:: bistouries

Double abcess knife in ivory case

Double abcess knife in ivory case

Double abcess knife in ivory case, lock back, Matthews, Portugal Street, London, England 1865-1870

Materials:: steel and ivory

Object Number:: A652027 Pt11

type:: knives

Eight full curved suture needles

Eight full curved suture needles

Eight full curved suture needles threaded into gauze and wrapped in tissue paper, rusty, likely English, 1840-1970

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A652027 Pt12

type:: needles

Scrap of white gauze

Scrap of white gauze

Scrap of white gauze, with rust spots - possibly held needles, likely English, 1840-1870

Materials:: fibre

Object Number:: A652027 Pt13

type:: gauze