Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1771-1856 in London
maker:
Weedon
Pocket surgical instrument set

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Pocket surgical instrument set, in folding leather case, knives by Blackwell and Weedon, London, 1771-1856

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646932
Materials:
case, leather, case, metal, alloy, instruments, steel, instruments, ivory, instruments, bone and instruments, ebony
Measurements:
case folded: length 147 mm
case folded: width 54 mm
case folded: thickness 16 mm
max., knives: length 147 mm
max., knives: width 10 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

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