| Reference Number | READ/395 |
| Title | Trephine Component |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | One trephine component consisting of brass shaft terminating in a circular, grooved, and sharp metal cutting edge with a central trocar, adjustable via a screw on the shaft’s barrel. Shaft is engraved with 'Read, 4 Parliament St.'. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 120mm x 20mm |
| 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 | Trephining -- Instrumentation |
| Autopsy -- Instrumentation |
| Neurosurgery -- Instrumentation |