Unusual, straight lithotomy forceps

Made:: 1751-1880 in London

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Unusual, straight lithotomy forceps, one blade penetrated with cross-action shanks and ratchet mechanism, steel, by Bigg, London, c. 1800

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610335

Materials:: steel

type:: lithotomy forceps

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Unusual, straight lithotomy forceps

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