Handle, needles and electrodes for surgical diathermy

Handle, needles and electrodes for surgical diathermy, in case

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Handle, needles and electrodes for surgical diathermy, in case
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Handle, needles and electrodes for surgical diathermy, in case, owned and used by Dr. K.F. Nagelschmidt, who coined the term "diathermy", by Louis and H. Loewenstein, Berlin, 1900-1933

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Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1989-793
Materials:
needles & handles, plastic, needles & handles, brass, needles & handles, nickel-plated brass, needles & handles, steel, case, wood and case, metal
Measurements:
case: length 174 mm
case: depth 85 mm
case: height 30 mm
type:
galvano-cautery apparatus
credit:
Plessner, K.W.