Amputation saw

Made:: 1551-1700

Amputation saw, steel with bone and brass handle, reputedly Spanish, 1551-1700

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A85259

type:: amputation saws

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Amputation saw

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