| Reference Number | READ/146 |
| Title | Bleeding Lancet |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | Bleeding lancet housed in a tortoiseshell sheath, comprising a metal blade engraved with 'READ' and manually inscribed 'Baileau'. The blade is hinged between two tortoiseshell panels. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 75mm x 2mm x 15mm |
| 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 | Lancet |
| Term | Blood Loss, Surgical |
| General Surgery -- Instrumentation |