Set of Mathieu's tonsil guillotines
- maker:
- Hawksley and Sons Limited
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LicenseSet of Mathieu's tonsil guillotines, incomplete
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Set of Mathieu's tonsil guillotines, incomplete, with one cuckoo, steel, plated, in leather case, by Hawksley of London, second half 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A612854
- Materials:
- steel (plated), case, leather, case, brass, case, silk and case, velvet
- Measurements:
-
length 256 mm
width 52 mm
height 43 mm
case: length 338 mm
case: width 220 mm
case: height 122 mm
- type:
- tonsil guillotines
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