Trephination set

Made:
1771-1830 in Paris
maker:
Grangeret

Trephination set, cased, for military use, by Grangeret, French, late 18th or early 19th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A616210
Materials:
case, wood, case, brass and case, leather, covered
Measurements:
case: length 336 mm
case: width 217 mm
cae: height 73 mm
type:
trephination sets
credit:
Hamonic Collection

Parts

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 162 mm
width 26 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616210 Pt1
type:
rugines
Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Rugine with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 163 mm
width 25 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616210 Pt2
type:
rugines
Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 143 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616210 Pt3
type:
lenticulars
Two doule-ended skull elevators

Two doule-ended skull elevators

Two doule-ended skull elevators

Measurements:
length 144 mm
width 14 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616210 Pt4
type:
skull elevators
Steel chisels

Steel chisels

Steel chisels

Measurements:
length 169 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A616210 Pt5
type:
chisels
Screw for remaking bone fragments

Screw for remaking bone fragments

Screw for remaking bone fragments

Measurements:
length 89 mm
width 36 mm
Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A616210 Pt6
type:
screws
Brushes with wooden handle

Brushes with wooden handle

Brushes with wooden handle

Measurements:
length 102 mm
diameter 22 mm
Materials:
bristle and wood
Object Number:
A616210 Pt7
type:
brushes
Brace and bit cranial trephines with five bits

Brace and bit cranial trephines with five bits

Brace and bit cranial trephines with five bits

Measurements:
length 296 mm
width 908 mm
Materials:
steel and wood
Object Number:
A616210 Pt8
type:
cranial trephines

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