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) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
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

Measurements:
length 157 mm
width 11 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt1
type:
scalpels
Scalpel with wooden handle, by Maw, English

Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle, by Maw, English

Measurements:
length 150 mm
width 11 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt2
type:
scalpels
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 177 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt3
type:
bistouries
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 180 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt4
type:
bistouries
Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Bistoury with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 180 mm
width 15 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt5
type:
bistouries
Tenaculum with wooden handle

Tenaculum with wooden handle

Tenaculum with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 153 mm
width 16 mm
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

Measurements:
length 184 mm
width 15 mm
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

Measurements:
length 165 mm
width 21 mm
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

Measurements:
length 180 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A500071 Pt9
type:
naevus needles
Spring forceps, by Gardner and Son, Scottish

Spring forceps

Spring forceps, by Gardner and Son, Scottish

Measurements:
length 102 mm
width 25 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A500071 Pt10
type:
forceps
Key's hernia director

Key's hernia director

Key's hernia director

Measurements:
length 162 mm
width 14 mm
Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A500071 Pt12
type:
hernia directors
Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer, English

Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer

Ligature by Mayer and Meltzer, English

Measurements:
packet: length 83 mm
packet: width 29 mm
Materials:
packet, paper
Object Number:
A500071 Pt13
type:
sutures
Assorted suture needles

Assorted suture needles

Assorted suture needles

Measurements:
length 61 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A500071 Pt14
type:
suture needles

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