Accession No

1428

Brief Description

boxed set of post-mortem and dissection instruments, by S. Maw, Son and Thompson, English, 1870-1901

Origin

England; London

Maker

S. Maw, Son and Thompson

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1901

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass; steel); wood (ebony and one other); cloth

Dimensions

box length 235mm; box breadth 109mm; box height 43mm; hammer length 205mm; saw length 215mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Pathology Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 02/1963.

Inscription

‘S MAW SON AND THOMPSON LONDON’ (inside box and on most of the instruments)

Description Notes

Box with reinforced brass corners and lock containing:
3 scalpels of varying sizes with ebony handles;
pair of spring forceps;
blow pipe;
hammer with hooked handle;
cartilage knife with detachable ebony handle which fits onto the tenon saw, catlin knife and forms handle for chisel.
All instruments in steel.

All the instruments fit snuggly into cloth protected slots in the box except for the blow pipe which has no slot, and is unnumbered (16-12-1997). There is one empty slot in the lid.

Condition mainly good, the end has broken off one of the scalpel handles and is missing, there is some rust discolouration.

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