Bow-frame amputation saw with spare blade, c. 1780

Made:: 1751-1850

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A600813

Materials:: blades, steel, frame, metal and handle, wood

Measurements:: length 433 mm
width 105 mm
blade 1: length 275 mm
blade 2: length 297 mm

type:: amputation saws

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