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1914.76.112

Surgical instrument, for removing limbs.

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1914.76.112

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Collection type
Object
Description
Surgical instrument, for removing limbs.
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Aurès Mountains
Cultural groups
Chaouia Berber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 206 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.76.112
Associated publications
See collectors file for Hilton-Simpson for a copy of Shawiya Berber Surgical Instruments in the Aures Mountains, 1913-1922, by John Kirkup (Curator of the Historical Instrument Collection, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London) to be published in the Congress Proceedings, September 1998, of the International Society for History of Medicine. [CF 8/1/2002]

Search terms: Medicine, Surgical Instrument