A pair of circumcision scissors with one cleft blade and one narrow blade and two big handles

Made:: 1881-1930 in London

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A pair of circumcision scissors with one cleft blade and one
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A pair of circumcision scissors with one cleft blade and one narrow blade and two big handles, manufactured by Holborn Surgical Instrument Co., c. 1910

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610568

Materials:: steel (metal) and complete

Measurements:: overall: 50 mm x 133 mm,

type:: circumcision scissors

credit:: Pringle

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A pair of circumcision scissors with one cleft blade and one narrow blade and two big handles

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