Pocket surgical instrument set

Pocket surgical instrument set, in folding leather case, incomplete, by Walter Lawley, London, 1860-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646946
Materials:
case, leather and case, brass
Measurements:
case folded: length 136 mm
case folded: width 90 mm
case folded: thickness 30 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Combined spatula and tongue depressor

Combined spatula and tongue depressor

Combined spatula and tongue depressor, plated metal

Measurements:
length 129 mm
width 18 mm
Materials:
metal (plated)
Object Number:
A646946 Pt1
type:
tongue depressors
Double ophthalmic hook

Double ophthalmic hook

Double ophthalmic hook, steel, with ivory handle

Measurements:
length 127 mm
width 8 mm
Materials:
steel and handle, ivory
Object Number:
A646946 Pt2
type:
ophthalmic hooks
Symes's abscess knife folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Symes's abscess knife folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Symes's abscess knife folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Arnold, London, 1850-1880

Measurements:
length 86 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646946 Pt4
type:
abscess knife
Detachable seton needle

Detachable seton needle

Detachable seton needle, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath

Measurements:
length 87 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646946 Pt5
type:
seton needles
Scalpel, steel

Scalpel, steel

Scalpel, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Charriere, French

Measurements:
length 99 mm
width 12 mm
Materials:
steel and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646946 Pt6
type:
scalpels
Spring action forceps

Spring action forceps

Spring action forceps, steel, corroded

Measurements:
length 90 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A646946 Pt7
type:
forceps
Metal thermometer

Metal thermometer

Metal thermometer, case only

Measurements:
case: length 106 mm
case: diameter 8 mm
Materials:
metal (plated)
Object Number:
A646946 Pt8
type:
thermometers
Handle of unidentified instrument

Handle of unidentified instrument

Handle of unidentified instrument, metal and ivory

Measurements:
handle: length 85 mm
handle: diameter 6 mm
Materials:
handle, ivory and handle, metal
Object Number:
A646946 Pt9
type:
unidentified
Spencer Wells artery forcpes

Spencer Wells artery forcpes

Spencer Wells artery forcpes, steel, corroded, by Fannin, Dublin, 1850-1900

Measurements:
length 126 mm
closed: width 56 mm
Materials:
steel, corroded
Object Number:
A646946 Pt10
type:
artery forceps