Frere Come's single-bladed lithotane

Made:: 1751-1850

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Frere Come's single-bladed lithotane, with curved blade
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Frere Come's single-bladed lithotane, with curved blade, spring handle and bulbous mahogany handle, c. 1780

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610399

Materials:: steel and mahogany

type:: lithotanes

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Frere Come's single-bladed lithotane

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