Trephination set

Made:
1801-1810 in Paris
maker:
Grangeret
Trephination set

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Trephination set, cased, by Grangeret, French, 1801-1810

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A616077
Materials:
case, wood, case, brass and case, velvet, lined
Measurements:
case: length 450 mm
case: width 276 mm
height 96 mm
type:
trephination sets

Parts

Skull forceps

Skull forceps

Skull forceps, double-ended

Measurements:
length 154 mm
width 38 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt1
type:
skull forceps
Two brush with wooden handle

Two brush with wooden handle

Two brush with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 111 mm
diameter 23 mm
Materials:
bristle and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt3
type:
brushes
Tire fond

Tire fond

Tire fond

Measurements:
length 59 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt4
type:
tire fonds
Brace and bit cranial trephine with wire bits

Brace and bit cranial trephine with wire bits

Brace and bit cranial trephine with wire bits

Measurements:
length 309 mm
width 97 mm
Materials:
steel and ivory
Object Number:
A616077 Pt5
type:
trephining cranials
Two double ended skull elevators

Two double ended skull elevators

Two double ended skull elevators

Measurements:
length 154 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt6
type:
skull elevators
Meminogphylaxes with ivory handle

Meminogphylaxes with ivory handle

Meminogphylaxes with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 155 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
steel and ivory
Object Number:
A616077 Pt7
type:
meningophylaxes
Lenticular with ivory handle

Lenticular with ivory handle

Lenticular with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 157 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
steel and ivory
Object Number:
A616077 Pt8
type:
lenticulars
Rugine with ivory handle

Rugine with ivory handle

Rugine with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 149 mm
width 21 mm
Materials:
steel and ivory
Object Number:
A616077 Pt9
type:
rugines
Rugine with ivory handle

Rugine with ivory handle

Rugine with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 151 mm
width 25 mm
Materials:
steel and ivory
Object Number:
A616077 Pt10
type:
rugines
Skull elevator with bipod stand

Skull elevator with bipod stand

Skull elevator with bipod stand

Measurements:
length 188 mm
width 105 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt11
type:
skull elevators
Cranial trephines

Cranial trephines

Cranial trephines

Measurements:
length 141 mm
width 92 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt12
type:
cranial trephines
Five steel chisels

Five steel chisels

Five steel chisels

Measurements:
length 140 mm
width 22 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt13
type:
chisels
Two steel gouges

Two steel gouges

Two steel gouges

Measurements:
length 107 mm
width 9 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt14
type:
gouges
Brace and bit cranial trephine with four bits

Brace and bit cranial trephine with four bits

Brace and bit cranial trephine with four bits

Measurements:
length 290 mm
diameter 93 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt15
type:
cranial trephines
Two lenticulars with wooden handles

Two lenticulars with wooden handles

Two lenticulars with wooden handles

Measurements:
length 165 mm
diameter 20 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt16
type:
lenticulars
Skull elevator by Savigny

Skull elevator by Savigny

Skull elevator by Savigny

Measurements:
length 161 mm
width 15 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt17
type:
skull elevators
Wooden mallets

Wooden mallets

Wooden mallets

Measurements:
length 266 mm
diameter 3 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt18
type:
mallets
Steel mallet with wooden handle

Steel mallet with wooden handle

Steel mallet with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 214 mm
diameter 26 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt19
type:
mallets
Two perforators with wooden handles

Two perforators with wooden handles

Two perforators with wooden handles

Measurements:
length 158 mm
width 17 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616077 Pt20
type:
perforators
Bit from cranial trephine

Bit from cranial trephine

Bit from cranial trephine

Measurements:
length 90 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616077 Pt21
type:
cranial trephines