Amputation knife, or catlin, c.1830
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Amputation knife, or catlin, c.1830
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600618
- Materials:
- blade, steel and handle, ebony
- Measurements:
-
length 218 mm
lower blade: length 107 mm
upper blade: length 80 mm
bladeN: width 14 mm
- type:
- amputation knives
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