Syme's abscess knife

Made:: 1801-1900 in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Syme's abscess knife, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath
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Syme's abscess knife, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by John Brown of Newcastle, 19th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A618285

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

type:: abscess knife

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