Record

Reference Number	MIMM/2019-12
Title	Student's Dissection Kit
Date	[1925-1975]
Creator Name	Sprock; [early twentieth century]; [surgical instruments manufacturer]
	Richardson [of Liverpool]; 1796-[?]; [surgical instruments manufacturer]
	George Gill & Sons; fl. twentieth century; cutlery manufacturer
Description	Student's dissection kit containing the following instruments: 3 tweezers 2 scissors 3 scalpels 2 packs of surgical blades 2 cut-throat razors 4 needles (two stoppered with pieces of rubber) 2 probes with curved ends 1 spatula The needles and one of the probes have red wooden handles. The razors have plastic handles, one black and the other white. The blade of the black one is engraved with the words: "SPROCK QUALITY" and "GROUND IN HAMBURG", and on the blade of the white one: "RICHARDSON ESTBD. 1796 LIVERPOOL". One of the scissors is engraved: "GILL SHEFFIELD ENGLAND". All inside a tan-coloured roll-up canvas case, upon which is written the name "ANNE FREEMAN" in black pen.
Extent	20 parts
Custodial History	Donated by Dr Anne Freeman, MRCPI
Dimensions	Canvas case (when opened out): 320mm x 236mm
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	Tweezers
	Scissors
	Scalpels
	Blade
	Razor
	Needles
	Probe
	Spatula
Term	Dissection
Term	Surgical Instruments

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/6007	Freeman; Anne; [medical practitioner]
DS/UK/6008	Sprock; [early twentieth century]; [surgical instruments manufacturer]	[early twentieth century]
DS/UK/6009	Richardson [of Liverpool]; 1796-[?]; [surgical instruments manufacturer]	1796-[?]
DS/UK/6010	George Gill & Sons; fl. twentieth century; cutlery manufacturer	fl. twentieth century

Places

Code	Set
NA40	Sheffield/England/United Kingdom
NA182	Liverpool/England/United Kingdom/Europe
NA183	Hamburg/Germany/Europe

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