Double-ended curved folding bistoury
Double-ended curved folding bistoury, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath, by John Weiss, 62 Strand, London, England, 1823-1889.
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Licence
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
Pocket surgical instrument set, in miniature wallet, incomplete, damaged, by Wood and Co., York, 1871-1930
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A134340
- Materials:
- leather, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and incomplete
- Measurements:
-
overall (case folded): 25 mm x 48 mm x 87 mm,
- type:
- surgical instrument set
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Combined Syme's knife and gum lancet
Combined Syme's knife and gum lancet, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by John Weiss, 62 Strand, London, England, 1823-1889.
Lancet, steel
Lancet, steel, with tortoiseshell scales
Roll of suture
Roll of suture, likely hair
