Lithotome with single blade
Lithotome with single blade
Set of lithotomy instruments, cased
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Set of lithotomy instruments, cased
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A160339
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, velvet, lined and case, shark skin, covered
- Measurements:
-
case: length 217 mm
case: width 88 mm
case: height 23 mm
- type:
- lithotomy sets
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Steel director
Steel director
Unidentified instrument
Unidentified instrument, pressure on piston at one end pushes lancet out of other end
- Measurements:
-
length 178 mm
width 33 mm
- Materials:
- steel (silver plated)
- Object Number:
- A160339 Pt3
- type:
- unidentified
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