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Double-ended lithotomy scoop with spoon-shaped blades

Made:
1781-1870 in London
maker:
Simpson
Double-ended lithotomy scoop with spoon-shaped blades, steel

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Double-ended lithotomy scoop with spoon-shaped blades, steel
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Double-ended lithotomy scoop with spoon-shaped blades, steel, by Simpsons, London, c. 1840

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A610094
Materials:
steel and nickel, ? material
type:
lithotomy scoops

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