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Dissecting Hooks (Florey), Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 23221


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.23221

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by Lady Florey in 1969.
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Dimensions
Diameter: 3mm Height: 202mm Weight: 22g
Inventory No
23221
Accession Number
1969-124/3(A3)

Description

Three dissecting hooks, two with looped tips and one with a sharp tip. The sharped tipped hook has a shaft that is thinner and significantly longer than those of the other two.