Scalpel, steel and tortoiseshell

Made:: 1780-1820 in London

maker:: Simpson

Scalpel, steel and tortoiseshell, by Simpson of London

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Scalpel, steel and tortoiseshell, by Simpson of London, 1780-1820

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A647796

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

type:: scalpels

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