Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

Made:: 1860-1870 in London

maker:: S Maw & Son

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

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Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet, incomplete, instruments by London manufacturers, case by S. Maw and Son, 11 Aldersgate Street, London, England, 1860-1870.

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646716

Materials:: case, leather, case, velvet and case, brass

Measurements:: case folded: length 141 mm
case folded: width 77 mm
case folded: thickness 35 mm

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Parts

Finger saw

Finger saw

Finger saw, steel, folding, tortoiseshell handle, by Maw, Son and Thompson, London, 1870-1901

Measurements:: folded: length 100 mm

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646716 Pt1

type:: finger saws

Combined tenaculum and gum lancet

Combined tenaculum and gum lancet

Combined tenaculum and gum lancet, folding, ivory handle, by Coxeter, London, 1836-1860

Materials:: steel and sheath, ivory

Object Number:: A646716 Pt2

type:: tenaculums

Detachable seton needle

Detachable seton needle

Detachable seton needle, steel, corroded, tortoiseshell sheath, by Arnold, London

Measurements:: length 88 mm

Materials:: steel , brass and tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646716 Pt3

type:: seton needles

Combined tongue depressor and spatula

Combined tongue depressor and spatula

Combined tongue depressor and spatula, plated metal, by Coxeter, London

Measurements:: length 133 mm
width 18 mm

Materials:: metal (plated)

Object Number:: A646716 Pt4

type:: tongue depressors

Combined directors and scoop

Combined directors and scoop

2 combined directors and scoop silver-plated

Measurements:: one: length 132 mm
the other: length 116 mm

Materials:: metal, silver plated ?

Object Number:: A646716 Pt5

type:: director - surgical instrument

Caustic applicator in ebony screw case

Caustic applicator in ebony screw case

Caustic applicator in ebony screw case

Measurements:: case: length 123 mm
case: diameter 11 mm

Materials:: metal (plated) , caustic and case, ebony

Object Number:: A646716 Pt6

type:: applicators

Caustic applicator in wooden screw case

Caustic applicator in wooden screw case

Caustic applicator in wooden screw case

Measurements:: case: length 67 mm
case: diameter 11 mm

Materials:: wood and caustic

Object Number:: A646716 Pt7

type:: applicators

8 half curved steel suture needles in paper packet

8 half curved steel suture needles in paper packet

8 half curved steel suture needles in paper packet

Measurements:: packet: length 57 mm
packet: width 18 mm

Materials:: steel, slight corrosion and packet, paper

Object Number:: A646716 Pt8

type:: suture needles

3 curved suture needles

3 curved suture needles

3 curved suture needles, steel, in paper pocket, by Arnold and Sons, London, 1866-1900

Measurements:: packet: length 72 mm
packet: width 31 mm

Materials:: steel and packet, paper

Object Number:: A646716 Pt9

type:: suture needles

Paper packet containing metal heads of probes trocars and cautery

Paper packet containing metal heads of probes trocars and cautery

Paper packet containing metal heads of probes trocars and cautery, possibly ophthalmological

Measurements:: cautery: length 38 mm
probe: length 32 mm
trocar: length 47 mm

Materials:: paper , contents, steel and contents, silver, ? material

Object Number:: A646716 Pt10

type:: pockets