2023-11 - [Lithotomy or Bullet] Forceps

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2023-11 - [Lithotomy or Bullet] Forceps

Pair of metal forceps, possibly of the lithotomy or bullet type. Wide scoop blades. The maker's name "READ" stamped near the small central screw. Rusted. Found between the floorboards of Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin in 1974.

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Reference Number: MIMM/2023-11

Date: [1875-1925]

Creator Name: Thomas Read & Co; 1744-1997; Surgical instrument makers

Copyright: Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Credit Line: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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