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Pocket surgical instrument set, in tooled leather wallet, incomplete, possibly used by the French army, by Luer, Place de l'Ecole de Medecine 5, Paris, France, 1851-1900.
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A134327
- Materials:
- case, leather, case, velvet, case, metal and case, paper
- Measurements:
-
case folded: length 162 mm
case folded: width 87 mm
case folded: thickness 34 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
Parts
Mohr's clip
Mohr's clip, steel
Possibly thermometer in metal case (jammed)
Possibly thermometer in metal case (jammed)
- Measurements:
-
case: length 113 mm
case: diameter 7 mm
- Materials:
- metal (plated)
- Object Number:
- A134327 Pt3
- type:
- thermometers
Combined folding knife and tenaculum in tortoiseshell sheath
Combined folding knife and tenaculum in tortoiseshell sheath, by Weiss and Son, 62 Strand, London, England, 1830-1883.
- Measurements:
-
folded: length 98 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A134327 Pt4
- type:
- knives
Gum lancet
Gum lancet, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Evans, Old Change, London, 1801-1855
- Measurements:
-
folded: length 83 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A134327 Pt5
- type:
- gum lancets
Director with fraenum guard
Director with fraenum guard, steel
20 steel safety pins
20 steel safety pins
- Measurements:
-
max: length 52 mm
min: length 27 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A134327 Pt8
- type:
- safety pins
1 straight suture needle
1 straight suture needle, steel, corroded
- Measurements:
-
length 53 mm
- Materials:
- steel, corroded
- Object Number:
- A134327 Pt9
- type:
- suture needles
