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Title
William Beatty's Bullet Forceps
Description
These bullet forceps are part of William Beatty's surgical kit held within our museum collection. They would have been used to safely extract a bullet from the wound of a patient. Admiral Lord Nelson infamously died from a shot to the shoulder that passed through his chest to the opposite shoulder.
Date
c. 1800?
Identifier
2019/6
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Materials
metal