| Reference Number | READ/180 |
| Title | Trephine Components |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Four trephine components consisting of brass shafts terminating in different-sized circular, grooved, and sharp metal cutting edge with a central trocar, adjustable via a screw on the shaft’s barrel. Incomplete, as the detachable wooden handles are missing. Blued steel is present on part of the shaft. |
| Extent | 4 items |
| 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 | Autopsy -- Instrumentation |
| Neurosurgery -- Instrumentation |
| Trephining -- Instrumentation |