Small pair of straight lithotomy forceps with cross-action shanks

Made:: 1820-1865 in Paris

maker:: Charrière

Small pair of straight lithotomy forceps with cross-action
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Small pair of straight lithotomy forceps with cross-action shanks, steel, by Charriere, c. 1890

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A610349

Materials:: steel, plated

Measurements:: length 180 mm
width 45 mm

type:: lithotomy forceps

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Small pair of straight lithotomy forceps with cross-action shanks

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