Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1700-1850

Pocket surgical instrument set, in folding leather case, incomplete, English, 1700-1850

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646949
Materials:
case, leather, case, velvet and case, metal
Measurements:
case: length 124 mm
case: width 56 mm
case: thickness 17 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Curved probe-ended bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved probe-ended bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Curved probe-ended bistoury folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Gill, London, c.1825

Measurements:
folded: length 104 mm
width 10 mm
Materials:
steel and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646949 Pt1
type:
bistouries
Double gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Double gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath

Double gum lancet folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by S. Maw, London, 1828-1860

Measurements:
folded: length 78 mm
folded: width 11 mm
Materials:
steel, corroded and sheath, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646949 Pt2
type:
gum lancets
Double-ended tweezers

Double-ended tweezers

Double-ended tweezers, steel

Measurements:
length 124 mm
width 6 mm
thickness 6 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A646949 Pt3
type:
tweezers
Rwoelling scissors

Rwoelling scissors

Rwoelling scissors, steel, by Lang, inscribed with G.R. and crown

Measurements:
length 105 mm
closed: width 46 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A646949 Pt4
type:
rowelling scissors

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