Trephining instrument

Made:: 1918-1920 in England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

Trephining instrument, shark's tooth set into wooden handle

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Trephining instrument, shark's tooth set into wooden handle
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Trephining instrument, shark's tooth set into wooden handle, presumably made by Dr. Wilson Parry and used by him in trephination experiments, England, 1918-1920

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651991

Materials:: wood and shark

type:: trephines

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