Surgical instrument set

Made:
1801-1900 in London
Surgical instrument set

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Surgical instrument set, cased, by W. Pepys, English, 19th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A600802
Materials:
case, wood, case, brass and case, velvet, lined
Measurements:
case: length 505 mm
case: width 261 mm
case: height 88 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Two screw tourniquets

Two screw tourniquets

Two screw tourniquets

Measurements:
folded: length 107 mm
folded: width 54 mm
Materials:
brass and cloth
Object Number:
A600802 Pt1
type:
tourniquets
Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 400 mm
height 92 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt2
type:
amputation saws
Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Amputation saw with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 222 mm
height 60 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt3
type:
amputation saws
Two catlins with wooden handles

Two catlins with wooden handles

Two catlins with wooden handles

Measurements:
length 210 mm
height 17 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt4
type:
amputation knives
Two amputation knives

Two amputation knives

Two amputation knives

Measurements:
length 290 mm
diameter 23 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt5
type:
amputation knives
Steel probe

Steel probe

Steel probe

Measurements:
length 304 mm
diameter 4 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A600802 Pt6
type:
probes
Blade with rectangular eye at blunt end

Blade with rectangular eye at blunt end

Blade with rectangular eye at blunt end

Measurements:
length 92 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A600802 Pt7
type:
suture needles
Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 142 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt8
type:
scalpels
Curved bistoury with wooden handle

Curved bistoury with wooden handle

Curved bistoury with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 175 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt9
type:
bistouries
elevator with wooden handle

elevator with wooden handle

elevator with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 178 mm
width 16 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt10
type:
elevators
Bullet forceps

Bullet forceps

Bullet forceps

Measurements:
length 175 mm
width 48 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A600802 Pt11
type:
bullet forceps
Skull forceps double ended

Skull forceps double ended

Skull forceps double ended

Measurements:
length 156 mm
width 29 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A600802 Pt12
type:
skull forceps
Steel hooks with tortoiseshell handle

Steel hooks with tortoiseshell handle

Steel hooks with tortoiseshell handle

Measurements:
open: length 128 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A600802 Pt13
type:
hooks
Brush with ivory handle

Brush with ivory handle

Brush with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 30 mm
width 19 mm
Materials:
bristle and ivory
Object Number:
A600802 Pt14
type:
brushes
Three cranial trephines with shared handle

Three cranial trephines with shared handle

Three cranial trephines with shared handle

Measurements:
length 108 mm
without handle: width 28 mm
Materials:
brass , steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt15
type:
cranial trephines
Four bobbins of thread

Four bobbins of thread

Four bobbins of thread

Measurements:
bobbin: length 33 mm
bobbin: diameter 19 mm
Materials:
wood and silk
Object Number:
A600802 Pt16
type:
sutures
Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 143 mm
diameter 21 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt17
type:
rugines
Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 143 mm
diameter 20 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A600802 Pt18
type:
lenticulars
curved metal sound

curved metal sound

curved metal sound

Measurements:
length 305 mm
width 68 mm
Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A600802 Pt19
type:
sounds

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