| Reference Number | READ/163 |
| Title | Packet of Curved Bistouries |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Rectangular paper packaging, hand‑labelled '14 Sharp Curved Bistouries ebony Read', revealing the contents.
The ten remaining bistouries, some individually wrapped in paper, consist of a wooden handle and a curved metal blade with a single sharp edge and tip. |
| Extent | 11 parts |
| Dimensions | 130mm 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 | Scalpels |
| Term | General Surgery -- Instrumentation |
| Dissection -- instrumentation |