Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:: 1851-1900

Pocket surgical instrument set, probably English, second half of 19th century, in leather wallet

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Leather wallet for pocket surgical instrument set

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A646956

Materials:: wallet, leather and metal

type:: surgical instrument sets

credit:: Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratory

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