Pocket surgical instrument set in roll-up leather case

Made:: 1870-1900 in London

maker:: S Maw, Son & Thompson, Son & Thompson

Pocket surgical instrument set in roll-up leather case

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Pocket surgical instrument set in roll-up leather case, made by S. Maw Son and Thompson, London, 1870-1900

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A125851

Materials:: case, leather, case, brass and case, velvet

Measurements:: case closed: length 143 mm
case closed: width 82 mm
case closed: thickness 32 mm

type:: surgical instrument sets

credit:: Joel

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Parts

Three folding double-ended knives in tortoiseshell sheath

Three folding double-ended knives in tortoiseshell sheath

Three folding double-ended knives in tortoiseshell sheath, by S. Maw Son and Thompson, English, 1870-1900

Measurements:: length 108 mm

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A125851 Pt1

type:: knives

Four pairs of forceps

Four pairs of forceps

Four pairs of forceps, plated metal, made by Maw, London, 1870-1900

Measurements:: maximum: length 130 mm

Materials:: metal (plated)

Object Number:: A125851 Pt2

type:: forceps

Silver catheter head

Silver catheter head

Silver catheter head

Measurements:: length 48 mm
diameter 5 mm

Materials:: silver

Object Number:: A125851 Pt3

type:: catheters

Two combined directors and scoops

Two combined directors and scoops

Two combined directors and scoops, one silver, one silver (plated)

Measurements:: silver one: length 127 mm
other: length 126 mm

Materials:: silver and the other, silver (plated)

Object Number:: A125851 Pt4

type:: director - surgical instrument

Combined eye spud and scoop in ivory screw case

Combined eye spud and scoop in ivory screw case

Combined eye spud and scoop in ivory screw case, by Maw, London, 1870-1900

Measurements:: case: length 118 mm
case: diameter 7 mm

Materials:: steel and ivory

Object Number:: A125851 Pt5

type:: eye spuds

Exploring trocar and silver cannula in screw-on ivory case

Exploring trocar and silver cannula in screw-on ivory case

Exploring trocar and silver cannula in screw-on ivory case, size No.2

Measurements:: case: length 113 mm
case maximum: diameter 10 mm

Materials:: steel , cannula, silver and case, ivory

Object Number:: A125851 Pt6

type:: trocars

Pocket of 6 half-curved steel suture needles

Pocket of 6 half-curved steel suture needles

Pocket of 6 half-curved steel suture needles, by S. Maw Son and Thompson, London, 1870-1900

Measurements:: packet: length 62 mm
packet: width 30 mm

Materials:: steel and packet, paper

Object Number:: A125851 Pt7

type:: suture needles