Trephination set, 1860

Made:: 1860 in London and England

Trephination set, comprising trephine, Hey's skull saw, one elevator, in mahogany case, by Millikin and Lawley of London, 1860. Trephination is a surgical procedure for perforating the skull and removing a circle of tissue or bone.

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A622328

Materials:: mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and felt

Measurements:: length 190 mm
width 99 mm
height 34 mm

type:: trephination sets

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Parts

Trephine, steel and brass, with separate ebonite handle, British, 1860

Trephine, steel and brass

Trephine, steel and brass, with separate ebonite handle, British, 1860

Measurements:: length 113 mm
with handle: width 105 mm
diameter 21 mm

Materials:: steel , brass and handle, ebonite

Object Number:: A622328 Pt1

type:: trephine

Hey's skull saw, steel and ebonite, British, 1860

Hey's skull saw

Hey's skull saw, steel and ebonite, British, 1860

Measurements:: length 168 mm
width 48 mm
height 7 mm

Materials:: steel and ebonite

Object Number:: A622328 Pt2

type:: skull saws

Skull elevator, steel and ebonite, British, 1860

Skull elevator

Skull elevator, steel and ebonite, British, 1860

Measurements:: length 164 mm
width 16 mm
height 13 mm

Materials:: steel and ebonite

Object Number:: A622328 Pt3

type:: skull elevators

Mahogany case for trephination set, by Millikin and Lawley, 165 Strand, London, 1860.