3 trephining instruments, shark's tooth

Made:: 1918-1920 in England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

3 trephining instruments, cutting edge of shark's tooth with wooden handle, presumably made and used by Dr.T. Wilson Parry in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

Trephine used in experiments on Neolithic trephination

1918-1920

Trephine used in experiments of Neolithic trephination

1918-1920

Trephine used for experiments of Neolithic trephination

1918-1920

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651980

Materials:: wood and shark

Measurements:: overall: .086 kg
largest instrument: 20 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm,
smallest instrument: 14 mm x 192 mm x 16 mm,
medium instument: 16 mm x 227 mm x 15 mm,

type:: trephines

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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