Pocket surgical instrument set in rolled leather case

Made:: 1801-1900

Pocket surgical instrument set in rolled leather case

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Pocket surgical instrument set in rolled leather case, incomplete, English, 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646935

Materials:: case, leather and case, metal, alloy

Measurements:: case folded: length 141 mm
case folded: width 57 mm
case folded: thickness 27 mm

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Parts

Steel Knife

Steel Knife

Steel Knife, folding inside tortoiseshell sheath, by W. and H. Hutchinson, Sheffield, 1841-1900

Measurements:: folded: length 95 mm
folded: width 13 mm

Materials:: blade, steel , sheath, tortoiseshell and sheath, brass, wire

Object Number:: A646935 Pt1

type:: knives

Curved probe-ended steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved probe-ended steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved probe-ended steel bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Evans, 10 Old Change, London, 1801-1855

Materials:: blade, steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646935 Pt2

type:: bistouries

Seton needle

Seton needle

Seton needle, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath

Measurements:: length 90 mm
width 12 mm

Materials:: blade, steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646935 Pt3

type:: seton needles

Lancet, steel

Lancet, steel

Lancet, steel, for bleeding, with tortoiseshell sheath, made by Oliver, Sheffield

Materials:: blade, steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646935 Pt4

type:: lancets

Broken lancet

Broken lancet

Broken lancet, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath, by Wright, London, 1801-1896

Measurements:: length 57 mm
width 10 mm

Materials:: blade, steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646935 Pt5

type:: lancets

Pair of spring forceps

Pair of spring forceps

Pair of spring forceps, steel

Measurements:: length 83 mm
width 9 mm

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646935 Pt6

type:: forceps

Pair of forceps with loop handles

Pair of forceps with loop handles

Pair of forceps with loop handles, steel, by Rowden, Northampton

Measurements:: length 110 mm
width 40 mm

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646935 Pt7

type:: forceps

Combined scoop anmd director

Combined scoop anmd director

Combined scoop anmd director, steel

Measurements:: length 130 mm
max.: width 8 mm

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646935 Pt8

type:: scoops