| Reference Number | READ/211 |
| Title | Artery Forceps |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | Artery forceps of the Liston's type, a tweezer-shaped instrument with toothed tips (three on one side and two on the other), which interlock, for grasping tissue. It features an internal spring and locking mechanism and it is engraved ‘READ & CO.' |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 120mm x 5mm 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 | Tweezers |
| Term | General Practice -- Instrumentation |
| General Surgery -- Instrumentation |