4 trephining instruments of flint with serrated cutting edges

Made:: 1918-1920 in England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

4 trephining instruments of flint with serrated cutting edges

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4 trephining instruments of flint with serrated cutting edges
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4 trephining instruments of flint with serrated cutting edges, presumably made by Dr. Wilson Parry, and used by him in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651983

Materials:: flint

type:: trephine

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