Pocket surgical instrument set

Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather wallet, incomplete

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Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather wallet, incomplete
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Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather wallet, incomplete, by F. Walters, 16 Moorgate Street, London, England, 1850-1880.

Parts

Folding straight probe-ended steel bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding straight probe-ended steel bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding straight probe-ended steel bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath, by Ferguson, London, 1822-1869

Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646720 Pt1
type:
bistouries
Folding Syme's abscess knife with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding Syme's abscess knife with tortoiseshell sheath

Folding Syme's abscess knife with tortoiseshell sheath, by Walters, London, 1850-1880

Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646720 Pt2
type:
abscess knife
folding scalpel

folding scalpel

folding scalpel, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath, by Charriere, Paris, 1803-1876

Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646720 Pt3
type:
scalpels
Wakley artery forceps

Wakley artery forceps

Wakley artery forceps, steel, by Millikin, Southwark Street, London, 1865-1875

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A646720 Pt4
type:
artery forceps
Booklet of litmus papers

Booklet of litmus papers

Booklet of litmus papers

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A646720 Pt5
type:
litmus papers