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Vaccination Lancets, by Taylor and Perry, Birmingham, 1841

Inventory Number 41342

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41342

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Dr Ruth Turner. Formerly the property of Frederick Symonds (c.1813-1881).
Physical material
Tortoiseshell
Steel
Silver
Object type
Lancet
Dimensions
Height: 9mm Width: 70mm Depth: 15mm Weight: 18g
Inventory No
41342

Description

Single vaccination lancet, which is protected by a two-piece tortoise shell cover that rotates apart to reveal the lancet. The instrument is stored in a silver case with two places for lancets. The case has a hinge along one side and clasps together on the other. There are patterns debossed on the outside of the silver case.

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