Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:: 1780-1850

Pocket surgical instrument set

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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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

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Parts

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

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, by Stodart, London, 1787-1840

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, by Stodart, 1787-1840

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

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

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, by Weiss, London, 1787-1830

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