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Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:: 1801-1900

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, English(?), 1801-1900

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646724

Materials:: case, leather, case, silk and case, velvet

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Parts

Curved steel bistoury

Curved steel bistoury

Curved steel bistoury, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Kramer

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646724 Pt1

type:: bistouries

Straight steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Straight steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Straight steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Ferguson, 21 Giltspur Street, London, England, 1828-1869.

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646724 Pt2

type:: bistouries

Director with fraenum shield

Director with fraenum shield

Director with fraenum shield, silver

Materials:: silver

Object Number:: A646724 Pt4

type:: director - surgical instrument

Combined director and scoop

Combined director and scoop

Combined director and scoop, silver

Materials:: silver

Object Number:: A646724 Pt5

type:: director - surgical instrument

One curved suture needle

One curved suture needle

One curved suture needle, steel

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646724 Pt6

type:: suture needles

Bundle of suture silk

Bundle of suture silk

Bundle of suture silk

Materials:: silk, thread

Object Number:: A646724 Pt7

type:: sutures

Small piece of sponge

Small piece of sponge

Small piece of sponge

Materials:: sponge

Object Number:: A646724 Pt8

type:: sponge