Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1866 in London
Pocket surgical instrument set

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Pocket surgical instrument set, in leather case, incomplete, by William Lawley, 78 Farringdon Street, London, England, 1866.

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646715
Materials:
case, leather and case, metal
Measurements:
case folded: length 140 mm
case folded: width 73 mm
case folded: thickness 27 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Curved dressing forceps

Curved dressing forceps

Curved dressing forceps, steel, corroded

Measurements:
length 134 mm
max. closed: width 46 mm
Materials:
steel, corroded
Object Number:
A646715 Pt1
type:
dressing forceps
Skin of hair suture

Skin of hair suture

Skin of hair suture

Measurements:
skin: diameter 113 mm
Materials:
hair
Object Number:
A646715 Pt3
type:
sutures