Trocar, steel, brass mounted on wooden handle

Made:
1701-1900

Trocar, steel, brass mounted on wooden handle, with silver cannula, European, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665647
Materials:
shaft and blade, steel, ferrule and mount, brass, handle, lignum vitae, ? material and cannula, silver
Measurements:
length 110 mm
handle: diameter 29 mm
cannula shaft: diameter 4 mm
type:
trocars

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