Surgical instrument set

Made:
London
maker:
Down Brothers
Surgical instrument set

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Surgical instrument set, cased, by Down Bros., English

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A500071
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and incomplete
Measurements:
overall (case): 49 mm x 104 mm x 210 mm,
type:
surgical instrument set

Parts

Two scalpels with wooden handles

Two scalpels with wooden handles

Two scalpels with wooden handles

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt1
type:
scalpels
Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle, by Maw, English

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt2
type:
scalpels
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt3
type:
bistouries
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt4
type:
bistouries
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt5
type:
bistouries
Tenaculum with wooden handle

Tenaculum with wooden handle

Tenaculum with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt6
type:
tenaculums
Hernia bistoury with wooden handle

Hernia bistoury with wooden handle

Hernia bistoury with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt7
type:
bistouries
Aneurism needle with wooden handle

Aneurism needle with wooden handle

Aneurism needle with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt8
type:
aneurism needles
Naevus needle with wooden handle

Naevus needle with wooden handle

Naevus needle with wooden handle

Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt9
type:
naevus needles
Spring forceps

Spring forceps

Spring forceps, by Gardner and Son, Scottish

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A500071 Pt10
type:
forceps
Key's hernia director

Key's hernia director

Key's hernia director

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A500071 Pt12
type:
hernia directors
Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer

Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer

Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer, English

Materials:
packet, paper
Object Number:
A500071 Pt13
type:
sutures
Assorted suture needles

Assorted suture needles

Assorted suture needles

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A500071 Pt14
type:
suture needles