Curved lithotomy staff

Made:: 1751-1880

Curved lithotomy staff
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Curved lithotomy staff, with median groove and flat ebony handle, c. 1830

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610868

Materials:: steel and ebony

Measurements:: length 310 mm
width 25 mm
height 33 mm

type:: lithotomy staffs

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Curved lithotomy staff

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