Trocar, steel with ebony handle

Made:
1701-1900
Trocar, steel with ebony handle, Euroepan, 1701-1900

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Trocar, steel with ebony handle, Euroepan, 1701-1900
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Trocar, steel with ebony handle, Euroepan, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622764
Materials:
shaft, steel, blade, steel and handle, ebony
Measurements:
length 115 mm
handle: diameter 19 mm
shaft: diameter 3 mm
type:
hydrocele trocars

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