Folding circumcision knife
Folding circumcision knife, steel, with decorated bone handle
- Measurements:
-
open: length 175 mm
folded: length 143 mm
- Object Number:
- A86883 Pt1
- type:
- circumcision knife
Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet
- maker:
- Henry Galante et Fils
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Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet, with circumcision instruments, made for military service, Kemp collection, by Henry Galante, 2 rue de l'Ecole de Medecine, Paris, France, 1851-1900.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A86883
- Materials:
- leather, metal (unknown) and tape
- Measurements:
-
overall (case folded): 26 mm x 80 mm x 150 mm,
- type:
- surgical instrument set
Parts
Circumcision clamp
Circumcision clamp, steel
Dressing forceps
Dressing forceps, steel, by Galante, Paris, 1851-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 130 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A86883 Pt5
- type:
- dressing forceps
Artery forceps
Artery forceps, spring action, steel, damaged, by Luer, Paris
Splinter forceps
Splinter forceps, steel, spring action
