Pocket surgical instrument set in small leather wallet
- maker:
- Mayer and Meltzer
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Pocket surgical instrument set in small leather wallet, relic of C.H.G.B., by Mayer and Meltzer, Great Portland Street, London, 1869-1900
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A646714
- Materials:
- case, leather and case, metal
- Measurements:
-
case folded: length 135 mm
case folded: width 53 mm
case folded: thickness 22 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
Parts
Combined pointed and probe-ended curved bistouries
Combined pointed and probe-ended curved bistouries, folding into ivory sheath, engraved C. H.B., by Matthews, London, 1846-1900
Syme's knife
Syme's knife, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Charriere, French, 1803-1876
- Measurements:
-
folded: length 76 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A646714 Pt3
- type:
- knives
Lister's ear scoop
Lister's ear scoop, steel, by Krohne, London, 1850-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 104 mm
max. handle: width 10 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A646714 Pt4
- type:
- aural scoops
Combined director and hollow-headed probe
Combined director and hollow-headed probe, silver plated metal
- Measurements:
-
length 126 mm
max.: diameter 3 mm
- Materials:
- metal (silver-plated)
- Object Number:
- A646714 Pt5
Wakley's artery forceps
Wakley's artery forceps, steel, inscribed C.H.B., Matthews, London, 1846-1900
Dressing forceps
Dressing forceps, steel, by Ferguson, London, 1822-1869
- Measurements:
-
length 127 mm
closed: width 42 mm
- Materials:
- steel (nickel-plated)
- Object Number:
- A646714 Pt7
- type:
- dressing forceps
