Pocket surgical instrument set

Made:
1871-1930
Pocket surgical instrument set

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Pocket surgical instrument set, probably late 19th or early 20th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646964
Materials:
leather and metal
Measurements:
wallet: length 150 mm
wallet: width 70 mm
wallet: height 29 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Leather wallet for pocket surgical instrument set, probably late 19th or early 20th century

Leather wallet for pocket surgical instrument set

Leather wallet for pocket surgical instrument set, probably late 19th or early 20th century

Measurements:
wallet: length 150 mm
wallet: width 70 mm
wallet: height 29 mm
Materials:
leather and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
A646964 Pt1
type:
instrument cases
Lancet, steel, with tortoiseshell scales

Lancet, steel

Lancet, steel, with tortoiseshell scales

Measurements:
open: length 92 mm
width 9 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt2
type:
lancets
Lancet with tortoiseshell scales

Lancet with tortoiseshell scales

Lancet with tortoiseshell scales

Measurements:
open: length 115 mm
width 14 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt3
type:
lancets
Tenaculum which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by Savigny, English

Tenaculum which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Tenaculum which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by Savigny, English

Measurements:
open: length 141 mm
width 15 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt4
type:
tenacula
Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Bistoury which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Measurements:
open: length 160 mm
width 18 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt5
type:
bistouries
Gum lancet which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by W.B. Hilliard, Scottish

Gum lancet which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Gum lancet which folds into tortoiseshell handle, by W.B. Hilliard, Scottish

Measurements:
open: length 136 mm
width 13 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt6
type:
gum lancets
Gum lancet, which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Gum lancet

Gum lancet, which folds into tortoiseshell handle

Measurements:
open: length 135 mm
width 14 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A646964 Pt7
type:
gum lancets

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