Folding gum lancet with guard and tortoiseshell handle

Made:
1801-1850 in London
Folding gum lancet with guard and tortoiseshell handle

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Folding gum lancet with guard and tortoiseshell handle
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Folding gum lancet with guard and tortoiseshell handle, made by Savigny, English, 1801-1850

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1983-1466/71
Materials:
steel and handle, tortoiseshell
Measurements:
closed: length 93 mm
handle: width 13 mm
handle with projecting blade: width 21 mm
type:
gum lancets
credit:
University College Hospital, London

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