| Reference Number | MIMM/2012-1L-1 |
| Title | William Kerans' Amputation Set |
| Date | [1874] |
| Creator Name | Evans Medical Supplies Ltd. Medical Supply Company, 1809-1959 |
| Description | The leather case, fitted with a handle and flap, is marked with the name of its owner, Doctor William Robert Kerans, Surgeon Major in the Army Medical Department. It contains a wooden box with a hinged lid and red velvet lining. The case features double trays with compartments holding the set of amputation instruments required under army regulations; this includes knives, a saw, trocar, needles, a tracheostomy tube, a scarificator, and a cotton tourniquet. Each instrument is engraved with the maker’s name.
The set is incomplete. |
| Extent | 34 parts (incomplete) |
| Dimensions | 450mm x 80mm x 190mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Copyright retained by owner. Please contact RCPI for details. |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Amputation Instrument |
| Term | Amputation -- instrumentation |
| Military Medicine -- instrumentation |