1964-3 - Brass-bound wooden box of scalpels

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1964-3 - Brass-bound wooden box of scalpels

Wooden box consisting of 6 ivory-handled scalpels and two loose needles, presented by Dr G Bewley. The 6 scalpels are individually set in the box with metal mounting supporting the base of the handles and the need of the blade. Each scalpel blade is of a different size, with equal sized handles. The blades are set about 20mm into the handles. The inner lid of the box has a hidden compartment that can be lifted to reveal two, now empty, spaces intended to store scissors. The box is brass-bound and intended to be locked.

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Reference Number: MIMM/1964-3

Date: 1850-1899

Creator Name: Weiss & Son Ltd, medical supply company, 1787-

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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