Costello's percussion lithotrite

Made:: 1801-1900 in London

Costello's percussion lithotrite, with sliding blade
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Costello's percussion lithotrite, with sliding blade, by Millikin, with ivory handle, c. 1850

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A611759

Materials:: steel and ivory

Measurements:: length 380 mm
width 44 mm
height 35 mm

type:: lithotrites

credit:: Cock

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Costello's percussion lithotrite

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