Hare-lip forceps(?), steel, right-angled blades, f

Made:
1801-1850
Hare-lip forceps(?), steel, right-angled blades

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Hare-lip forceps(?), steel, right-angled blades
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Hare-lip forceps(?), steel, right-angled blades, first half 19th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A614903
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Measurements:
length 141 mm
width 56 mm
depth 58 mm
type:
hare-lip forceps

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