Hernia bistoury
Hernia bistoury, which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by Charriere
- Measurements:
-
open: length 100 mm
width 14 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A646955 Pt1
- type:
- hernia bistouries
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Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet, by Charriere, French, 1820-1865
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A646955
- Materials:
- wallet, leather, metal and lining, velvet
- Measurements:
-
wallet: length 174 mm
wallet: width 81 mm
wallet: height 43 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
- credit:
- Morse-Rummel, F.
Parts
Director, with fraenum slit
Director, with fraenum slit, silver
Bistoury, which folds into torroiseshell handle
Bistoury, which folds into torroiseshell handle
- Measurements:
-
open: length 230 mm
width 12 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A646955 Pt4
- type:
- bistouries
Tenaculum which folds into tortoiseshell handle
Tenaculum which folds into tortoiseshell handle
- Measurements:
-
open: length 128 mm
width 27 mm
- Materials:
- steel and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A646955 Pt5
- type:
- tenacula
Needle holder which converts into intestinal clamp forceps
Needle holder which converts into intestinal clamp forceps
- Measurements:
-
length 228 mm
width 47 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A646955 Pt7
- type:
- needle holders
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