Trocar, steel, with metal cannula and wooden handle

Made:
1751-1900
Trocar, steel, with metal cannula and wooden handle, European

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Trocar, steel, with metal cannula and wooden handle, European
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Trocar, steel, with metal cannula and wooden handle, European, 1751-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622775
Materials:
shaft and blade, steel, cannula and ferrule, brass (nickel-plated), ? material) and handle, lignum vitae, ? material
Measurements:
length 93 mm
handle: diameter 18 mm
cannula shaft: diameter 4 mm
type:
trocars

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