| Reference Number | READ/134 |
| Title | Folding Fleams |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | Eight folding fleams. Fleams have three fleam blades and one lancet blade in a cow horn and ivory sheath. Horn sheath is held together with brass rivets. Blades are made of stainless steal and engraved with 'READ', and can be extended using a small hinged lever. |
| Extent | 8 items |
| Dimensions | 70mm x 10mm x 30mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| 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 |
| Object Name | Fleam |
| Lancet |
| Term | Therapeutics -- Instrumentation |
| Blood Loss, Surgical |