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Two Tracheotomy Surgical Instruments

Inventory Number 50437

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Sides of handles of both parts: "KROHNE & CO LONDON"
Physical material
Metal
Ivory
Dimensions
Weight: 52g
Inventory No
50437

Description

Two tracheotomy surgical instruments. One instrument has a shiny ivory handle and a finger-shaped metal component that bends in four places and has a blunt tip, which would have been inserted into the trachea. The other instrument is slightly bigger and has a shiny ivory handle and a finger-shaped metal component that bends in four places and has a blunt tip, which would have been inserted into the trachea.

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