Pocket surgical instrument set
- Made:
- 1670-1800
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Pocket surgical instrument set, silver and steel instruments in fishskin case, complete, English(?), 1670-1800
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A58593
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, fishskin, case, silver and case, brass
- Measurements:
-
case: length 148 mm
case: width 56 mm
case: thickness 24 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument sets
- credit:
- Robinson, A.
Parts
Pair of double-ended spring forceps
Pair of double-ended spring forceps, silver
- Measurements:
-
length 127 mm
- Materials:
- silver and steel, lever
- Object Number:
- A58593 Pt2
- type:
- forceps
Combined tongue depressor and spatula
Combined tongue depressor and spatula, silver
- Measurements:
-
length 135 mm
width 19 mm
- Materials:
- silver
- Object Number:
- A58593 Pt3
- type:
- tongue depressors
Needle holder
Screw-case with ring end, silver, containing suture needles, 1670-1730
- Measurements:
-
length 106 mm
diameter 7 mm
needle, max.: length 45 mm
- Materials:
- silver and needles, steel
- Object Number:
- A58593 Pt4
- type:
- needle-holders
Steel knife folding into silver-mounted tortoiseshell sheath
Steel knife folding into silver-mounted tortoiseshell sheath
- Measurements:
-
length 98 mm
- Materials:
- steel , silver and tortoiseshell
- Object Number:
- A58593 Pt6
- type:
- knives
