Amputation saw with wooden handle
Amputation saw with wooden handle
Surgical instrument set, probably 18th century.
- Made:
- 1701-1800
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Surgical instrument set, probably 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A86333
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, brass, case, steel, case, velvet, lined and case, fishskin, covered
- Measurements:
-
case: length 510 mm
case: width 220 mm
case: height 48 mm
- type:
- instruments and surgery
Parts
Amputation saw with wooden handle
Amputation saw with wooden handle
Amputation knife with curved blade
Amputation knife with curved blade, by Best, English
Cranial trephine with three bits
Cranial trephine with three bits
- Measurements:
-
without bit: length 70 mm
width 155 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A86333 Pt4
- type:
- cranial trephines
Lenticular with wooden handle
Lenticular with wooden handle
