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Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:: 1801-1850

Pocket surgical instrument set, in rolled leather case

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Pocket surgical instrument set, in rolled leather case
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Pocket surgical instrument set, in rolled leather case, made to hold suture thread and instruments, European, 1801-1850

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646936

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

type:: surgical instrument sets

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Parts

Lengths of silk suture thread

Lengths of silk suture thread

Lengths of silk suture thread

Materials:: silk, thread

Object Number:: A646936 Pt1

type:: sutures

Steel lancet in tortoiseshell sheath

Steel lancet in tortoiseshell sheath

Steel lancet in tortoiseshell sheath

Materials:: steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Object Number:: A646936 Pt2

type:: lancets

Cylindrical ebony case with screw top

Cylindrical ebony case with screw top

Cylindrical ebony case with screw top

Materials:: 4, ebony

Object Number:: A646936 Pt3

type:: cases

Combined aural scoop and depilatory forceps

Combined aural scoop and depilatory forceps

Combined aural scoop and depilatory forceps, plated steel

Materials:: steel (plated)

Object Number:: A646936 Pt4

type:: aural scoops

Combined toothpick and scaler

Combined toothpick and scaler

Combined toothpick and scaler, silver

Materials:: silver, ? material

Object Number:: A646936 Pt5

type:: toothpicks

Blunt-tipped suture needle

Blunt-tipped suture needle

Blunt-tipped suture needle with double fenestration, brass

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A646936 Pt6

type:: suture needles

Straight suture needle

Straight suture needle

Straight suture needle, steel

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646936 Pt7

type:: suture needles

Steel pin

Steel pin

Steel pin

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A646936 Pt8

type:: pins