Lithotrite with flat-ended proximal curve

Made:: 1781-1890 in Paris

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Lithotrite with flat-ended proximal curve
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Lithotrite with flat-ended proximal curve, distal mechanism for conversion from sliding to screwing action and bulbous wooden handle, by Robert and Collin, France, c. 1830

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610956

Materials:: steel and brass

type:: lithotrites

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Lithotrite with flat-ended proximal curve

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