Lithotomy gorget with proximal cutting edge and flat handle

Made:: 1831-1910

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Lithotomy gorget with proximal cutting edge and flat handle
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Lithotomy gorget with proximal cutting edge and flat handle, steel, c. 1880

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610152

Materials:: steel (metal) and complete

Measurements:: overall: 62 mm x 197 mm,

type:: gorgets

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Lithotomy gorget with proximal cutting edge and flat handle

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