Skey's tourniquet

Made:: 1801-1880 in London

maker:: Ferguson

Skey's tourniquet, known as a garot-type
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Skey's tourniquet, known as a garot-type, adjustable closed frame with fixed and screwed on pads, by Ferguson, c. 1830

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A600756

Materials:: frame, steel, pads, steel and pads, felt

Measurements:: length 280 mm
width 145 mm
depth 103 mm

type:: tourniquets

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Skey's tourniquet

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