| Reference Number | MIMM/2018-5-8 |
| Title | Bohler's Plaster Shears |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Description | This is a pair of Böhler’s plaster shears, named after Austrian physician and surgeon Lorenz Böhler. They resemble scissors, with two finger rings, one larger than the other, and a curved blunt tip. The blades are angled to prevent piercing injuries. The handles are screw-joint and each is engraved with the number “25”. One of them bears the manufacturer’s logo along with “CHROME-PLATE”. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 240mm x 90mm x 10mm |
| 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 | Shears |
| Term | Orthopaedics -- Instrumentation |
| Cast, Surgical -- Instrumentation |