Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:: 1850-1880 in London

Pocket surgical instrument set

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

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646720

Materials:: case, leather, case, velvet and case, metal (plated)

Measurements:: case folded: length 131 mm
case folded: width 59 mm
case folded: thickness 27 mm

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Measurements:: folded: length 93 mm

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

Measurements:: folded: length 84 mm

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

Measurements:: folded: length 85 mm

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

Measurements:: length 117 mm

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646720 Pt4

type:: artery forceps

Booklet of litmus papers

Booklet of litmus papers

Booklet of litmus papers

Measurements:: booklet: length 68 mm
booklet: width 14 mm
booklet: thickness 2 mm

Materials:: paper

Object Number:: A646720 Pt5

type:: litmus papers