Foreign body

Made:
1850-1863

Foreign body, piece of broken clay pipe stem, removed from the soft palate of a man, October 1863, English, 1850-1863

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622915
Materials:
clay
Measurements:
length 51 mm
diameter 7 mm
type:
foreign bodies
credit:
Coates, A.L.

Parts

Pipe

Pipe

Piece of broken clay pipe stem, removed from a man's soft palate in his mouth, October 1863, pipe probably, England, 1850-1863

Measurements:
overall: 51 mm 7 mm,
Materials:
clay
Object Number:
A622915/1
type:
pipe - smoking equipment
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Typed paper label describing the presence of a clay pipe in a man's soft palate and includes the donor's name to Sir Henry Wellcome Museum's Collection

Typed paper label

Typed paper label describing the presence of a clay pipe in a man's soft palate and includes the donor's name to Sir Henry Wellcome Museum's Collection

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A622915/2
type:
label

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