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1920.42.10

Cautery for abcesses: metal blade with wood handle. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/1/2005]

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1920.42.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cautery for abcesses: metal blade with wood handle. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/1/2005]
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
North Eastern Algeria Aurès Mountains
Cultural groups
Chaouia Berber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1920
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Donated: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 270 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.42.10
Research and responses

See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]

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, Medical Accessory, Surgical Instrument