| Reference Number | CSFH/9/85 |
| Title | Tilley's Forceps |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Creator Name | Down Brothers and Mayer Phelps Ltd, Medical Instrument Maker, 1863- |
| Description | This is an angled forceps known as Tilley’s forceps, characterised by serrations at the tip of each jaw. It features finger rings, and markings ‘Down England 5/5’ on the outer surface of one handle, and a ‘T’ on the inner surface. A handwritten addition is ‘L’. It is used to remove soft polyps, to extract foreign bodies affecting hearing, or for nasal packing. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 160mm x 5mm |
| 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 | Forceps |
| Term | Forceps |
| Surgical Equipment |
| Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures |
| Otolaryngology -- instrumentation |
| Nasal Surgical Procedures |
| General Surgery -- Instrumentation |
| Surgical Instruments |