Surgical needles, in booklet

Maker
Allen & Hanburys Ltd (estab. 1715, closed 1954)
Date
1924
Description
brown cloth cover which unfolds to expose five leaves of various needle types with sizes inked in.
Types of needles: spring eye; curved; half-curved;half-circle; straight triangular; fine straight triangular; round-bodied curved; round-bodied half-curved; intestinal half-circle; Mayo's Intestinal; Intestinal curved; Moynihan's Intestinal straight; eye curved; eye half-curved; Lane's Cleft Palate half-circle and curved; Hagedorn's half-circle; fistula stout; fistula thin; intestinal; 3/8 circle; reversed half-circle; Bonney's curved; Round Bodied Oblique; Terrace's needle.
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Object detail

Date
Medium
Metal, paper (printed), cardboard and cloth (coated).
Measurements
16.8 x 10.5 x 1.9 cm
Accession Number
MHM02190
Object Type
Medical History Museum Category

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