Surgical scissors

PART OF:
Set of 8 surgical instruments

Pointed scissors, 11", part of surgical equipment used by Ernest Miles for abdomino-perineal excision of the rectum, early 20th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1984-496 Pt4
Materials:
steel
Measurements:
length 278 mm
width 61 mm
depth 5 mm
type:
scissors
credit:
Ungley, H.G.

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