Collection

Steel surgical scalpel.

Made:: 1870-1901 in London

maker:: S Maw, Son & Thompson, Son & Thompson

Scalpel with wooden handle, by S. Maw, Son and Thompson, English, 1870-1901

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A648043

Materials:: steel and wood

Measurements:: overall: 4 mm x 11 mm x 171 mm, .2kg

type:: scalpel

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