Corrigan's Button Cautery, Dublin, Ireland, 1846-1850

Made:
1845-1855 in Dublin
maker:
Read
'Corrigans' Button' 'Corrigans' Button'

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'Corrigans' Button'
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'Corrigans' Button'
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'Corrigans' Button', a steel cautery instrument with wooden handle described by Sir Dominic Corrigan, Dublin 1846, made by Read, c. 1850

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1980-767
Materials:
metal, ebony and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 17 mm x 175 mm x 17 mm, 0.038 kg
type:
cautery
credit:
Fenning, J.O.D.