| Reference Number | READ/4 |
| Title | Packet of Acupressure Needles |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Emanuel Shrimpton & Fletche, Cast steel surgeons needles manufacturer, 1830-[] |
| Description | Double paper-wrapped packet, folded into a rectangular shape, containing acupressure needles with additional six loose ones. Each needle consists of a metal shaft with a sharp tip at one end and a glass bead at the other. The packet is labelled “Emanl. Shrimpton and Fletcher Surgeons Needle” and handwritten with “1/2 dozen acupuncture”. |
| Extent | 7 parts |
| Dimensions | 135mm x 5mm x 35mm |
| 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 | Case |
| Needles |
| Term | Acupuncture Therapy -- instrumentation |