Set of 3 trocars

Set of 3 trocars, steel

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Set of 3 trocars, steel
Science Museum Group
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Set of 3 trocars, steel, with ivory handles and 3 silver cannulae marked CW, in snakeskin case, English(?), 1750-1800

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Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622685
Materials:
steel, handle, ivory, cannula, silver, case, wood, case, snakeskin, case, velvet, case, silk and case, brass
Measurements:
case: length 144 mm
case: width 104 mm
case: thickness 40 mm
largest trocar: length 119 mm
shaft, largest trocar: diameter 7 mm
type:
trocars