Scalpel, steel, folding

Made:: 1801-1900 in England

maker:: Capron

Scalpel, steel, folding, in shell sheath, by Capron, English
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Scalpel, steel, folding, in shell sheath, by Capron, English, 19th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A618423

Materials:: steel and shell

Measurements:: open: length 177 mm
closed: length 106 mm
width 13 mm
height 4 mm

type:: scalpels

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Scalpel, steel, folding

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