Surgical instruments in fitted case

Date
19th Century
Description
Wooden and metal case, containing 1 small amputation knife, 2 small bone saws (one without a handle, 1 scalpel blade in a cardboard container, 1 trocar with wooden handle, 1 trephine with separate wooden handle, 1 small brush, 1 tenaculum hook with wooden handle, 1 tourniquet, 1 container of endoclytic tubes, 1 flat trocar with wooden handle, 1 length of surgical wire. Many items are missing.

Object detail

Medium
wood, steel
Measurements
5.5 x 40.7 x 36.9 cm (open)
8.1 x 40.7 x 18.4 cm (closed)
Accession Number
MHM05966
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Object Type
Named Collection
Medical History Museum Category

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