Straight lithotomy forceps with bilateral scoop shaped blades and cross-action shanks

Made:: 1821-1910 in Paris

maker:: Charrière

Straight lithotomy forceps with bilateral scoop shaped blades
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Straight lithotomy forceps with bilateral scoop shaped blades and cross-action shanks, by Charriere, France, c. 1880

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610485

Materials:: steel, stainless

Measurements:: length 215 mm
width 45 mm

type:: lithotomy forceps

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Straight lithotomy forceps with bilateral scoop shaped blades and cross-action shanks

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