| Reference Number | FCD/1 |
| Title | Barry O'Meara's Lancet |
| Date | [1815-1818] |
| Creator Name | Warren ([fl. early nineteenth century]); [medical instrument maker] |
| Description | [Mother-of-pearl] handled lancet with metal blade marked "WARREN". Accompanied by a handwritten note, which reads: "The lancet with which Napoleon was bled by/my old friend Barry O'Meara, & He gave it to me,/J[...] O'Meara; & a very small bit out of Napoleon's/box & two or 3 small bits of other things, not long after/he came to Ireland". Note is written in the same hand as that on bottle of snuff (FCD/2). |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Dimensions | 52mm x 8mm x 3mm (when closed) |
| 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 | Lancet |
| Writing-Paper |
| Term | Lancet |
| Bloodletting -- Instrumentation |
| Gift Giving |
| History, 19th Century |