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Amputation set, cased, by Pratt, English, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600552
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, metal and case, velvet, lined
- Measurements:
-
length 422 mm
width 189 mm
height 61 mm
- type:
- amputation sets
Parts
Three amputation knives with wooden handles
Three amputation knives with wooden handles
Catlin with wooden handle
Catlin with wooden handle
Artery forceps with clip to hold jaws closed
Artery forceps with clip to hold jaws closed
- Measurements:
-
length 128 mm
width 11 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A600552 Pt4
- type:
- artery forceps
Finger saw with wooden handle
Finger saw with wooden handle
Six curved suture needles
Six curved suture needles
Packet of silk ligature
Packet of silk ligature
- Measurements:
-
packet: length 73 mm
packet: width 32 mm
- Materials:
- packet, paper and ligature, silk
- Object Number:
- A600552 Pt7
- type:
- sutures
