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Unidentified Surgical Instrument

Inventory Number 11541


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11541

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by A. E. Gunther.
Other inscriptions
'HAG. 36'
Physical material
metal
ivory
Dimensions
Height: 170mm Width: 11mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 13g
Inventory No
11541

Description

Surgical instrument with flat ivory handle. Other end of instrument is made of metal and curves round in a right angle. Tip of point has round eyelet. Surgical instrument with flat ivory handle. Instrument has paper tag attached by purple string, tag has handwritten inscription 'HAG. 36'.