Boxed set of 3 trocars

Made:
1751-1900
Boxed set of 3 trocars, steel

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Boxed set of 3 trocars, steel
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Boxed set of 3 trocars, steel, with silver cannulae and ebony handles, one trocar missing, in mahogany box, European, 1751-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622670
Materials:
shaft, steel, blade, steel, ferrule, brass, handle, ebony, box, mahogany, box, velvet and box, brass
Measurements:
larger: length 139 mm
smaller: length 129 mm
handle, larger: diameter 24 mm
handle smaller: diameter 19 mm
largest cannula shaft: diameter 7 mm
box: length 154 mm
box: width 64 mm
box: thickness 35 mm
type:
trocars

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