Surgical instrument handle

Made:
1880-1905
Surgical instrument handle, ebony with plated brass, ferrule

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Surgical instrument handle, ebony with plated brass, ferrule
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Surgical instrument handle, ebony with plated brass, ferrule, English 1880-1905

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A615937
Materials:
handle, ebony and ferrule, brass (nickel plated)
Measurements:
length 109 mm
diameter 14 mm
type:
surgical instruments

Related Objects

Tibia, of prototype knee joint, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Tibia of knee joint prototype
Femur, of prototype knee joint, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Femur of knee joint prototype
Ball joint for hip replacement, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Ball joint for hip replacement
Ball joint for hip replacement, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Ball joint for hip replacement

Smith-Peterson-type acetabular cup for hip replacement surgery, England, 1930-1940

3 of 4 abscess lancet blades in case