| Reference Number | READ/194 |
| Title | Dressing Forceps |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | Four dressing forceps. These are scissor-shaped metal instrument consisting of two box-jointed shafts, ending with finger rings at one end and a blunt, internally tapered tip at the other. Engraved with 'READ'. |
| Extent | 4 items |
| Dimensions | 120mm x 4mm x 45mm |
| 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 | Dressing Forceps |
| Term | General Practice -- Instrumentation |
| General Surgery -- Instrumentation |