Cigar box, containing 24 oyster shells, and card label with press cutting about trephining with shells

Made:
1900-1914 in England

Cigar box, hinged lid, containing twenty-four oyster shells, octroea edulis, similar to those used in trephination and card label with cutting from "The Medical Press" July 15, 1914, giving information on trephining by shells, English, 1914

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A680626
Materials:
wood, cotton wool, lining and metal, hinges
type:
boxes

Parts

Cutting from "The Medical Press" July 15, 1914

Cutting from "The Medical Press" July 15, 1914

Card label with cutting from "The Medical Press" July 15, 1914, giving information on trephining by shells, English, 1914

Materials:
card, backing and paper, cutting
Object Number:
A680626 Pt1
type:
labels
Cigar box, containing 24 oyster shells

Cigar box, containing 24 oyster shells

Cigar box, hinged lid, containing twenty-four oyster shells, octroea edulis, similar to those used in trephination

Materials:
wood , cotton wool, lining and metal, hinges
Object Number:
A680626 Pt2
type:
boxes