| Reference Number | READ/147 |
| Title | Bleeding Lancet |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Bleeding lancet housed in a tortoiseshell sheath, comprising a metal blade with a broken tip engraved with 'WEST', and hinged between the two tortoiseshell panels. These are engraved with 'ABM' on one, and 'WH' on the other. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 75mm x 2mm x 15mm |
| 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 | Lancet |
| Term | Blood Loss, Surgical |
| General Surgery -- Instrumentation |