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Pocket surgical instrument set, in folding leather case, incomplete, French, 1770-1850
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A646939
- Materials:
- case, leather, case, velvet and case, braid
- Measurements:
-
case: length 182 mm
case: width 89 mm
case: thickness 27 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
Parts
2 bleeding lancets in horn sheathes
2 bleeding lancets in horn sheathes
- Measurements:
-
approx.: length 68 mm
approx.: width 11 mm
- Materials:
- steel and sheath, horn
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt2
- type:
- bleeding lancets
Lancet with horn sheath
Lancet with horn sheath
- Measurements:
-
length 60 mm
width 10 mm
- Materials:
- steel and sheath, horn
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt3
- type:
- lancets
Scalpel, steel
Scalpel, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Sirhenry, Paris
- Measurements:
-
folded: length 103 mm
folded: width 12 mm
- Materials:
- steel, corroded and sheath, tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt4
- type:
- scalpels
Caustic applicator in silver screw case
Caustic applicator in silver screw case
- Measurements:
-
length 100 mm
diameter 11 mm
- Materials:
- silver
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt6
- type:
- applicators
Epistaxis cannula
Epistaxis cannula, plated metal, damaged
- Measurements:
-
length 152 mm
shaft: diameter 5 mm
- Materials:
- metal, plated
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt8
- type:
- epistaxis cannulae
Director with fraenum shield
Director with fraenum shield, steel
Unidentified metal rod with screw on fenestrated handle
Unidentified metal rod with screw on fenestrated handle
Unidentified pronged instrument
Unidentified pronged instrument, steel
- Measurements:
-
height 66 mm
base: diameter 10 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A646939 Pt11
- type:
- unidentified
