Case for amputation set

Made:
1770-1830
Case for amputation set

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case for amputation set, empty, sharkskin covered wood, maroon velvet lining, brass fittings, probably English, 1770-1830

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654215
Materials:
case, sharkskin, covering, wood and fittings, brass
Measurements:
length 208 mm
width 472 mm
height 65 mm
type:
amputation sets

Related Objects

Tibia, of prototype knee joint, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Tibia of knee joint prototype
Femur, of prototype knee joint, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Femur of knee joint prototype
Ball joint for hip replacement, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Ball joint for hip replacement
Ball joint for hip replacement, from collection of joint prostheses and associated material, representing joint replacement technology, some of which have been developed at the Orthopaedic Research Unit at the Redhill and Dorking Hospitals, Surrey, 1900-92.

Ball joint for hip replacement

Smith-Peterson-type acetabular cup for hip replacement surgery, England, 1930-1940

3 of 4 abscess lancet blades in case