Trephination set

Made:: 1771-1830 in London

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Trephination set, cased, by W. Pepys, English, late 18th or early 19th century

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A616269

Materials:: case, wood, case, brass and case, velvet, lined

Measurements:: case: length 215 mm
case: width 190 mm
case: height 46 mm

type:: trephination sets

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