Straight lithotomy forceps

Made:: 1751-1900 in Germany

Straight lithotomy forceps
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Straight lithotomy forceps, with elongated blades and cross-action undulating shanks, by Schmidt-Cassel, c. 1800

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610360

Materials:: steel

Measurements:: length 225 mm
width 48 mm

type:: lithotomy forceps

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Straight lithotomy forceps

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