Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Trepanning Set used by S.S. Forte of Barbados c.1830

Inventory Number 68322


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.68322

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by C.S. Forte
Primary inscriptions
.9) Maker's plate on centre of lid: "Samuel S. Forte". Inside lid, next to broken hinges: "Stanley Forte 1899" handwritten (scribbled out). Underside of case: "Stanley Forte 1899 was the property of Samuel Simmons Forte His Grand Father" handwritten.
Physical material
metal
ivory
Wood
Paper
velvet
Object type
Trepanning equipment
Dimensions
Height: 168mm Depth: 7mm Weight: 39g
Inventory No
68322

Description

Trepanning set with two cutting tools, screwdriver, two contrepans, handle, brush, label and case.