Surgical instrument set

Made:: 1801-1900 in London

Surgical instrument set

Science Museum Group
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Surgical instrument set, cased, by John Weiss and Son, English, 19th century

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A600925

Materials:: incomplete, wood (unidentified), velvet and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall (case): 75 mm x 173 mm x 450 mm,

type:: surgical instrument set

credit:: Firth, S.M.

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Parts

Small brush

Small brush

Small brush

Materials:: wood and bristle

Object Number:: A600925 Pt1

type:: brushes

Finger saw with wooden handle

Finger saw with wooden handle

Finger saw with wooden handle

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt2

type:: amputation saws

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt3

type:: amputation saws

Amputation saw with wooden handle and spare blade

Amputation saw with wooden handle and spare blade

Amputation saw with wooden handle and spare blade

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt4

type:: amputation saws

Lion forceps

Lion forceps

Lion forceps

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A600925 Pt5

type:: lion forceps

Calculus extractor

Calculus extractor

Calculus extractor

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A600925 Pt6

type:: calculus extractors

Skull elevators

Skull elevators

Skull elevators

Materials:: steel and plastic

Object Number:: A600925 Pt7

type:: skull elevators

Lenticular with plastic handle

Lenticular with plastic handle

Lenticular with plastic handle

Materials:: steel and plastic

Object Number:: A600925 Pt8

type:: lenticulars

Two steel hooks with wooden handles

Two steel hooks with wooden handles

Two steel hooks with wooden handles

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt9

type:: hooks

Curette with wooden handle

Curette with wooden handle

Curette with wooden handle

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt10

type:: curettes

Bit and cranial trephine

Bit and cranial trephine

Bit and cranial trephine

Materials:: steel and brass

Object Number:: A600925 Pt11

type:: cranial trephines

Two retractors with wooden handles

Two retractors with wooden handles

Two retractors with wooden handles

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt12

type:: retractors

Gall stone forceps

Gall stone forceps

Gall stone forceps

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A600925 Pt13

type:: gall stone forceps

Bullet forceps

Bullet forceps

Bullet forceps

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A600925 Pt14

type:: bullet forceps

Chisel with wooden handle

Chisel with wooden handle

Chisel with wooden handle

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt15

type:: chisels

Three scalpels with wooden handles

Three scalpels with wooden handles

Three scalpels with wooden handles

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A600925 Pt16

type:: scalpels