Brace and bit type cranial trephine without bit
Brace part only, from a brace and bit type cranial trephine, European, c. 1750-1850. A trephine is a crown shaped saw used for perforating the skull and removing a circle of tissue or bone.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A610712
- Materials:
- whole, steel, wrought and whole, wood
- type:
- trephines
- credit:
- Hands