Trephination set

Made:: 1771-1830 in London

Trephination set

Science Museum Group
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Trephination set, cased, by Laundy, English, late 17th or early 18th century

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A616273

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

Measurements:: case: length 199 mm
case: width 177 mm
case: height 64 mm

type:: trephination sets

credit:: Court

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Parts

Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Measurements:: length 150 mm
diameter 21 mm

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A616273 Pt1

type:: lenticulars

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Measurements:: length 151 mm
width 28 mm

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A616273 Pt2

type:: rugines

Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle

Scalpel with wooden handle

Measurements:: length 165 mm
width 12 mm

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A616273 Pt3

type:: scalpels

Skull elevators with wooden handle

Skull elevators with wooden handle

Skull elevators with wooden handle

Measurements:: length 176 mm
diameter 14 mm

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A616273 Pt4

type:: skull elevators

Brush with ivory handle

Brush with ivory handle

Brush with ivory handle

Measurements:: length 58 mm
width 24 mm

Materials:: bristle and ivory

Object Number:: A616273 Pt5

type:: brushes

Skull forceps

Skull forceps

Skull forceps

Measurements:: length 120 mm
width 49 mm

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A616273 Pt6

type:: skull forceps

Cranial trephine with three bits

Cranial trephine with three bits

Cranial trephine with three bits

Measurements:: length 122 mm
width 93 mm

Materials:: steel and wood

Object Number:: A616273 Pt7

type:: cranial trephines