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Unidentified Surgical Instrument, by S. Maw, Son & Thompson

Inventory Number 29683


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.29683

Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Physical material
Steel
Dimensions
Height: 130mm Width: 40mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 21g
Inventory No
29683

Description

Instrument with a ring at one end joined to a bar. Protruding from it is a square shaft that a corkscrew handle is attached to and can be slid along. A thinner, round shaft is joined to the other end at an obtuse angle and has an enlarged tip.