Syme's abscess knife

Made:: 1801-1900 in Dublin

maker:: Read

Syme's abscess knife, with gum lancet, steel, folding

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Syme's abscess knife, with gum lancet, steel, folding
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Syme's abscess knife, with gum lancet, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Read of Dublin, 19th century

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Category:: Dentistry

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A618408

Materials:: steel and tortoiseshell

type:: abscess knife

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