Hydrocele trocar

Made:
1871-1910
Hydrocele trocar, steel, with silver cannula, in ebony case

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Hydrocele trocar, steel, with silver cannula, in ebony case
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Hydrocele trocar, steel, with silver cannula, in ebony case, English(?), 1871-1910

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A621917
Materials:
steel, cannula, silver and case, ebony
Measurements:
case: length 166 mm
case: diameter 27 mm
cannula shaft: diameter 5 mm
type:
hydrocele trocars

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