Surgical instrument consisting of short flattened spike set into turned wood handle

Made:
1870-1920
Surgical instrument consisting of short flattened spike set

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Surgical instrument consisting of short flattened spike set
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Surgical instrument consisting of short flattened spike set into turned wood handle, used for trephining, Algerian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652516
Materials:
steel, brass and wood
type:
trephines