Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1780-1850
Pocket surgical instrument set

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Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather wallet, incomplete, English, 1780-1850

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A134321
Materials:
case, leather, case, silver, ? material and case, velvet
Measurements:
case folded: length 149 mm
case folded: width 72 mm
case folded: thickness 25 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Curved pointed steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved pointed steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved pointed steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Stodart, London, 1787-1840

Measurements:
folded: length 99 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt1
type:
bistouries
Folding curved probe-pointed bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding curved probe-pointed bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding curved probe-pointed bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath, by Stodart, London, 1787-1840

Measurements:
folded: length 100 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt2
type:
bistouries
Steel tenaculum folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Steel tenaculum folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Steel tenaculum folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Stodart, 1787-1840

Measurements:
folded: length 74 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt3
type:
tenaculums
Abscess lancet

Abscess lancet

Abscess lancet, steel, with tortoiseshell scales, by Stodart, London, 1787-1840

Measurements:
length 69 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt4
type:
abscess lancet
Lancet, steel

Lancet, steel

Lancet, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Weiss, London, 1787-1830

Measurements:
folded: length 80 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt5
type:
gum lancets
Steel lancet between tortoiseshell seales

Steel lancet between tortoiseshell seales

Steel lancet between tortoiseshell seales, by Weiss, London, 1787-1830

Measurements:
length 56 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt6
type:
lancets
Steel gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Steel gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Steel gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Measurements:
folded: length 77 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt7
type:
gum lancets
Folding knife with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding knife with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding knife with tortoiseshell sheath

Measurements:
folded: length 86 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134321 Pt8
type:
knives

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