Trephination set

Trephination set

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Trephination set, incomplete, including some instruments not original, in damaged and incomplete shark skin case, European, 1720-1820

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1983-1466/48
Materials:
case, wood, case, sharkskin and case, velvet
Measurements:
case: length 210 mm
case: width 190 mm
type:
trephination sets
credit:
University College Hospital, London

Parts

Trephine saw

Trephine saw

Trephine saw, steel

Measurements:
length 72 mm
max: diameter 23 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt2
type:
trephine saws
Trephine saws

Trephine saws

3 trephine saws, not part of original contents, steel

Measurements:
max: length 79 mm
max: diameter 25 mm
min: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt3
type:
trephine saws
Benjamin Bell's key

Benjamin Bell's key

Benjamin Bell's key, with trefoil handle

Measurements:
length 53 mm
width 28 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt4
type:
keys
Double-ended elevator

Double-ended elevator

Double-ended elevator, steel

Measurements:
length 162 mm
max: width 9 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt5
type:
elevators
Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular with wooden handle

Lenticular, steel, with polished wooden handle

Measurements:
length 149 mm
button: diameter 12 mm
handle: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
steel and handle, wood, polished
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt7
type:
lenticulars
Perforator, steel, French

Perforator, steel, French

Perforator, steel, French, not part of original contents

Measurements:
length 100 mm
width 20 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt8
type:
perforators
Elevator

Elevator

Elevator (?), steel, not part of original contents

Measurements:
length 148 mm
width 7 mm
crosspiece: length 32 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt9
type:
elevators