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Title

Physician's/Surgeon's instrument

Description

Box for Southey's trochar and tubing: Red faux lizard skin. Containing 175cm red rubber tubing, 2.5mm diameter, for use with Southey's apparatus. Also, metal screw fitting handle, 7.2cm long and 1.1cm wide, possibly a trochar handle. Also, an explanatory/advertising insert leaflet regarding Dr. Southey's Improved Drainage Trochar.

Date

c. 1870-1910

Identifier

2006/7/18

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

13.7cm in length, 5.7cm in width, 2cm in depth.

Materials

metal, faux lizard skin, rubber, paper

Physician's/Surgeon's instrument

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

13.7cm in length, 5.7cm in width, 2cm in depth.

Materials

metal, faux lizard skin, rubber, paper

Files

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Physician&#039;s/Surgeon&#039;s instrument<br /><br />

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Citation

“Physician's/Surgeon's instrument,” Heritage, accessed April 1, 2023, https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/2007.