| Reference Number | READ/173 |
| Title | Packet of Straight Vulsellum |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Rectangular paper packaging with a cotton tie securing a metal straight vulsellum forceps (also known as tenaculum forceps), revealing its contents as indicated by the handwritten text. The vulsellum consists of a scissor-shaped instrument with two box-jointed shafts, finger rings at one end, and two sharp, two-toothed tips at the other. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 230mm x 20mm x 70mm |
| 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 | General Surgery -- Instrumentation |