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LicenseSuture needle, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath
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Suture needle, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Brown, British, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A618376
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Measurements:
-
open: length 142 mm
closed: length 83 mm
width 15 mm
height 5 mm
- type:
- suture needles
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