Bistoury, steel and tortoiseshell
Bistoury, steel and tortoiseshell
- Measurements:
-
length 78 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A648038 Pt1
- type:
- bistouries
Surgical instrument set
- Made:
- Unattributed
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Surgical instrument set, pocket, case by Hilliard, one bistoury by Young, Edinburgh, Bruce collection, c.1880
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A648038
- Materials:
- case, leather and case, metal
- Measurements:
-
case: height 17 mm
case: length 72 mm
case: width 143 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
- credit:
- Bruce, A.N.
Parts
Eight suture needles of different sizes and shapes
Eight suture needles of different sizes and shapes, in chamois
- Measurements:
-
length 61 mm
- Materials:
- steel and holder, chamois
- Object Number:
- A648038 Pt2
- type:
- suture needles
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