Curved oesophageal probang

Made:: 1801-1900

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Curved oesophageal probang, whalebone, head missing, English
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Curved oesophageal probang, whalebone, head missing, English, 1801-1900

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A612099

Materials:: whalebone

type:: probangs

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