Bigelaw's lithotrite with extended rounded end on female blade at proximal curve

Made:: 1841-1910 in New York

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Bigelaw's lithotrite with extended rounded end on female blade
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Bigelaw's lithotrite with extended rounded end on female blade at proximal curve, cylindrical fluted handle and bulbous distal wooden handle, by Tiemann, New York, USA, c. 1870

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610944

Materials:: steel, brass and wood

type:: lithotrites

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Bigelaw's lithotrite with extended rounded end on female blade at proximal curve

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