Holt's urethral dilator with 6 cannulae

Made:
1850-1900 in Dublin
Holt's urethral dilator with 6 cannulae

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Holt's urethral dilator with 6 cannulae
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Holt's urethral dilator with 6 cannulae, plated metal with ivory handles, in case, made by Fannin and Co., Grafton Street, Dublin, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A611063
Materials:
complete, metal plated (unknown), ivory, wood (unidentified), leather, silk, velvet and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall (case): 30 mm x 100 mm x 335 mm,
overall (cannula-large): 290 mm 6 mm,
overall (smallest cannula): 290 mm 3 mm,
type:
urethral dilator
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust