Lithotomy or bullet forceps with corss-action detachable shanks

Made:
1841-1910 in London
maker:
Coxeter
Lithotomy or bullet forceps with corss-action detachable shanks

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Lithotomy or bullet forceps with corss-action detachable shanks
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Lithotomy or bullet forceps with corss-action detachable shanks, steel, by Coxeter, c. 1880

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A127087
Materials:
steel (plated)
Measurements:
length 237 mm
width 54 mm
type:
lithotomy forceps
credit:
Bonhams

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