Trephination set

Trephination set, incomplete

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Trephination set, incomplete
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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
type:
trephination sets
credit:
University College Hospital, London

Parts

Trephine saw

Trephine saw

Trephine saw, steel

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt2
type:
trephine saws
Trephine saws

Trephine saws

3 trephine saws, not part of original contents, steel

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

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt4
type:
keys
Double-ended elevator

Double-ended elevator

Double-ended elevator, steel

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt5
type:
elevators
Perforator, steel, French

Perforator, steel, French

Perforator, steel, French, not part of original contents

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt8
type:
perforators
Elevator

Elevator

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

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1983-1466/48 Pt9
type:
elevators