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These objects reveal the varied history of surgical instrumentation. Discover how surgical procedures have evolved and how surgeons have intervened with our bodies.

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'Pocket Memo' Dictaphone

Surgery

circa 2016

Cranial trephines

Surgery

Earthenware plate, depicting the circumcision of Jesus

Surgery

1701-1800

Needle holder for general surgical use

Surgery

1981-1990

Brush, part of trephination set

Surgery

1771-1830

Hacksaw-shaped amputation saw

Surgery

1701-1800

Physician's malacca cane with ivory handle

Surgery

1850-1910

Operating table

Surgery

1914-1918

Patient side cart, from da Vinci® Classic surgical system

Surgery

1999-2001

Vitallium hip prosthesis with curved standard stem

Surgery

1970-1985

Artery forceps

Surgery

Trephine used in experiments on Neolithic trephination

Surgery

1918-1920

Vitallium total hip prosthesis with curved standard stem and studded cup

Surgery

1970-1985

Silkworm gut ligature in metal canister

Surgery

1871-1930

Scalpels from amputation set

Surgery

Catgut suture cord preserved in oil

Surgery

1875

Titanium prosthesis joint, developed at Redhill and Dorking Hospital Orthopaedic Research Units

Surgery

1900-1992

Skull saw, part of trephination set

Surgery

1771-1830

Rugine, part of trephination set

Surgery

1771-1830

Skull elevators from trephination set

Surgery

1771-1830

Teaching laparoscope

Surgery

1970-1990

Bullet extractor

Surgery

1601-1700

Modular hip prosthesis with textured femoral stem to aid bone grafting

Surgery

1900-1992

Dissecting apron

Surgery

1860-1910

Engraved lancet case

Surgery

1826

Amputation saw by Stodart, London c.1800

Surgery

1750-1850

Glassware from Carrel's apparatus for sterilizing wounds

Surgery

1914-1918

Case for amputation set

Surgery

1801-1900

Tourniquet from amputation set

Surgery

Gibbon-Mayo pump oxygenator heart-lung machine

Surgery

1958

Micro-6 TM Ureteroscope MR-6 formed 3 mm scope

Surgery

1980-1989

Brace and bit cranial trephine

Surgery

1701-1800

Amputation saw

Surgery

Cannula

Surgery

Petit's type tourniquet

Surgery

1701-1800

Trephine, in form of bow-drill shaft

Surgery

1900-1915

Walking stick made of spiralling narwhal tusk

Surgery

1801-1900

Surgeon console, from da Vinci® Classic surgical system

Surgery

1999-2001
3D printed 1:1 model of a right adult kidney prior to a kidney transplant between a father and his two year old daughter, printed using an Objet500 Connex1 with VeroWhitePlus (a photopolymer) at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, United Kingdom in November 2015 based on a concept by transplant surgeon, Pankaj Chandak, London, UK, 2015

3D printed model of adult kidney

Surgery

2015

Plastic skull used for training

Surgery

2017 - 2018

Suture needle

Surgery

1870-1901

Diamond tipped knife for eye surgery, Switzerland, 1980

Surgery

1980

Bag of 4 spare plastic teeth from a skull used for training and demonstration purposes

Surgery

2017 - 2018

Suturing Silk

Surgery

2013

Liston-type amputation knife, Surrey, England, 1980

Surgery

1980

Doyen-type clamp used in hysterectomy, Paris, France, 1880-1910

Surgery

1880-1910

Amputation knife, Germany, 1701-1800

Surgery

1701-1800

Box of amputation instruments, German, 1831-1870.

Surgery

1831-1870

Diorama showing naval surgery in the 1800s

Surgery

1986

Landé Edwards disposable ‘lung’, United States, 1970

Surgery

1970