Steel trocar

Made:
1865-1890 in Paris
Trocar, steel, with two(?) silver cannulae and ebonite handle

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Trocar, steel, with two(?) silver cannulae and ebonite handle
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Trocar, steel, with two(?) silver cannulae and ebonite handle, possibly part of nested set by Robert and Collin, Paris, French, 1865-1890

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A61960
Materials:
steel, cannula, silver and handle, ebonite
Measurements:
length 119 mm
shaft: diameter 5 mm
handle: width 22 mm
handle: thickness 10 mm
1st cannula shaft: diameter 5 mm
2nd cannula shaft: diameter 6 mm
type:
trocars
credit:
Boulange

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