| Reference Number | READ/129 |
| Title | Spencer Wells Ovariotomy Syphon Trocar |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Ovariotomy Syphon Trocar as designed by Spencer Wells, consisting of a cylindrical wooden handle with a ivory tip featuring a central hole at one end, and a metal cannula with a trocar tip at the other. The instrument is missing its syphon component, which would have been screwed into the metal shaft near the handle. |
| Extent | 1 item (incomplete) |
| Dimensions | 225mm x 30mm |
| 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 | Trocar |
| Term | Gynaecologic Surgical Procedures -- Instrumentation |