Amputation saw with wooden handle
Amputation saw with wooden handle
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Amputation set, cased, by Coxeter, English, probably second half 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600557
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, brass and case, velvet, lined
- Measurements:
-
case: length 416 mm
case: width 130 mm
case: height 62 mm
- type:
- amputation sets
Parts
Petit's screw tourniquets
Petit's screw tourniquets
Bone cutting forceps
Bone cutting forceps
- Measurements:
-
length 227 mm
closed: width 36 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A600557 Pt3
- type:
- bone cutting forceps
Packet of curved suture needles by Joseph Gray and Son
Packet of curved suture needles by Joseph Gray and Son, English, 1878-1900
- Measurements:
-
packet: length 62 mm
packet: width 31 mm
- Materials:
- packet, paper and needle, steel
- Object Number:
- A600557 Pt4
- type:
- suture needles
Packet of silk ligature
Packet of silk ligature
- Measurements:
-
packet: length 81 mm
packet: width 32 mm
- Materials:
- packet, paper and ligature, silk
- Object Number:
- A600557 Pt5
- type:
- sutures
Three amputation knives with wooden handles
Three amputation knives with wooden handles
