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Vaccination Lancets, by Thompson, English, 1852

Inventory Number 45451


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45451

Item type
Object
Makers
Thompson
Provenance
Presented by Dr Ruth Turner. Formerly the property of Frederick Symonds (c.1813-1881), M.R.C.S., 1837; F.R.C.S., 1852; University Coroner, 1869; Hon. M. A. Oxon., 1870.
Physical material
Tortoiseshell
Steel
Object type
Lancet
Dimensions
Height: 60mm Width: 10mm Depth: 2mm Weight: 6g
Inventory No
45451

Description

Three vaccination lancets which are protected by two-piece tortoise shell covers that rotate apart to reveal the steel lancets.