Surgical hook

Made:: 1701-1900

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Surgical hook, double and sharp, steel
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Surgical hook, double and sharp, steel, silver and probably ivory, possibly 18th probably 19th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A617475

Materials:: steel, silver and ivory, ? material

type:: surgical hooks

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