M0020072: Four surgical instruments, Indian

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From left to right: a midwifery and circumcision knife with horn handle, acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R13315); a chiropodist's iron knife presented to the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1920 (accession number R12141); an instrument for bleeding that was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R6622); and a razor or steel blade in a wooden handle which was acquired by the Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R6626)

M0020072: Four surgical instruments, Indian

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