Trocar, steel with silver (?), cannula and ebonite

Made:
1871-1920
Trocar, steel with silver (?), cannula and ebonite handle

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Trocar, steel with silver (?), cannula and ebonite handle
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Trocar, steel with silver (?), cannula and ebonite handle, European, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622782
Materials:
shaft, steel, blade, silver, ? material and handle, ebonite
Measurements:
length 136 mm
handle: diameter 19 mm
cannula shaft: diameter 6 mm
type:
trocars

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