Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1850-1900

Pocket surgical instrument set, incomplete, in folding leather case, English, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646943
Materials:
case, leather, case, velvet and case, metal
Measurements:
case folded: length 141 mm
case folded: width 75 mm
case folded: thickness 27 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Abscess lancet with silver-mounted tortoiseshell sheath

Abscess lancet with silver-mounted tortoiseshell sheath

Abscess lancet with silver-mounted tortoiseshell sheath, marked with crown, 1730-1830

Measurements:
length 76 mm
width 14 mm
Materials:
tortoiseshell , steel and silver
Object Number:
A646943 Pt1
type:
abscess lancet
Curved pointed folding bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Curved pointed folding bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath

Curved pointed folding bistoury with tortoiseshell sheath, by Evans and Co., London, 1830-1855

Measurements:
folded: length 103 mm
folded: width 10 mm
Materials:
steel and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646943 Pt2
type:
bistouries
Concealed bistoury

Concealed bistoury

Concealed bistoury, graduated lever, steel (plated)

Measurements:
length 128 mm
closed: width 22 mm
Materials:
steel, part plated
Object Number:
A646943 Pt3
type:
bistouries

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