Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet by Weiss English

Made:: 1871-1930 in London

maker:: Weiss, John

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet by Weiss English

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Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet by Weiss English, late 19th or early 20th century

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646965

Materials:: wallet, leather

Measurements:: wallet: length 162 mm
wallet: width 78 mm
wallet: height 38 mm

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Parts

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by J. Dick, Scottish

Measurements:: open: length 160 mm
width 10 mm

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646965 Pt1

type:: bistouries

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by J. Dick, Scottish

Measurements:: open: length 160 mm
width 12 mm

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646965 Pt2

type:: bistouries

Ligature with suture needle attached

Ligature with suture needle attached

Ligature with suture needle attached

Measurements:: length 98 mm
width 35 mm

Materials:: needle, steel

Object Number:: A646965 Pt3

type:: sutures

Hypodermic syringe in case

Hypodermic syringe in case

Hypodermic syringe in case

Measurements:: case: length 69 mm
case: diameter 9 mm

Materials:: syringe, glass , syringe, metal and case, metal

Object Number:: A646965 Pt4

type:: hypodermic syringes

Suture needles in bottle of petroleum jelly

Suture needles in bottle of petroleum jelly

Suture needles in bottle of petroleum jelly

Measurements:: bottle: length 78 mm
bottle: diameter 15 mm

Materials:: bottle, glass , bottle, plastic and needle, steel

Object Number:: A646965 Pt5

type:: suture needles

Silver catheter

Silver catheter

Silver catheter

Measurements:: length 153 mm
width 16 mm

Materials:: silver

Object Number:: A646965 Pt6

type:: catheters