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Forceps, for reducing fractures of the fingers

Made:
1850-1890 in Paris
maker:
Mathieu
Forceps, for reducing fractures of the fingers

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Forceps, for reducing fractures of the fingers, steel with leather band, by Mathieu, Paris, 1850-1890

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A600944
Materials:
steel and leather
type:
fracture reducing forceps

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