Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1850-1900
Pocket surgical instrument set

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Pocket surgical instrument set, incomplete, two instruments in leather case, English, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646722
Materials:
case, leather, instruments, steel and instruments, ivory
Measurements:
case: length 130 mm
case: width 52 mm
case: height 16 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

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