Key's hernia director

Made:: 1831-1890 in London

maker:: Weiss, John

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Key's hernia director, also used in supra-pubic lithotomy, curved blade with nedian groove and flat handle, steel, by Weiss, c.1860

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A121996

Materials:: steel (metal) and complete

Measurements:: overall: 14 mm x 160 mm,

type:: hernia director

credit:: Saint, Capt. P

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