| Reference Number | READ/178 |
| Title | Trephines |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Trephines, surgical instruments consisting of a wooden handle with lateral finger rest, detachable from a brass shaft. The shaft terminates in a circular, grooved, and sharp metal cutting edge with a central trocar, adjustable via a screw on the shaft’s barrel. |
| Extent | 3 items |
| Dimensions | 120mm x 20mm x 95mm |
| 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 | Trephine |
| Term | Autopsy -- Instrumentation |
| Neurosurgery -- Instrumentation |
| Trephining -- Instrumentation |