Record

Reference NumberREAD/129
TitleSpencer Wells Ovariotomy Syphon Trocar
Date1875-1925
DescriptionOvariotomy 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.
Extent1 item (incomplete)
Dimensions225mm x 30mm
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Credit LineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object NameTrocar
TermGynaecologic Surgical Procedures -- Instrumentation
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/99Wells; Sir; Thomas Spencer (1818-1897); gynecological surgeon1818-1897
DS/UK/1977Thomas Read & Co; 1744-1997; Surgical instrument makers1744-1997
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