Trocar, steel, with wooden handle

Trocar, steel, with wooden handle

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Trocar, steel, with wooden handle, and silver cannula, in snakeskin(?) case, European, 1850-1920

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Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A124873
Materials:
steel, stainless ?, cannula, silver, handle, wood, case, wood, case, snakeskin, ? material, case, velvet and case, brass
Measurements:
length 136 mm
handle: diameter 27 mm
case: length 168 mm
case: width 45 mm
case: thickness 34 mm
type:
trocars