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Dissecting Instruments (Florey), Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 32605


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.32605

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by Lady Florey in 1969.
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Steel
Dimensions
Diameter: 10mm Height: 178mm Weight: 54g
Inventory No
32605
Accession Number
1969-124/2(A2)

Description

Set of three dissectors. One has a sharp point, one has a fine, slightly curved blunt point and an octagonal handle and the other is double-ended with curved spatula tips, of which one has a tiny hole through it.