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Actions	Craniotomy set Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.I.1.28 TitleCraniotomy set Creator Edinburgh Gardner (Manufacturer)‎ DescriptionCraniotomy set by Gardner, Edinburgh, c.mid 19th century. It consists of: two trephines with steel heads and brass shafts with detachable ebony handles, a skull saw and knife with steel blades and ebony handles, a bone-handled horsehair brush and a doubled-ended scoop/file. With the onset of sterilisation using steam in around 1890, instruments increasing became all metal as ebony warped and was more difficult to sterilise. Production periodNineteenth century, mid Object nameTrephines, Craniotomy set Object categoryINSTRUMENT MaterialSteel, Wood, ebony, Brass Dimensions Box Length: 220 mm Box Width: 130 mm Box Depth: 38 mm

Object numberHC.I.1.28

TitleCraniotomy set

Creator Edinburgh Gardner (Manufacturer)‎

DescriptionCraniotomy set by Gardner, Edinburgh, c.mid 19th century. It consists of: two trephines with steel heads and brass shafts with detachable ebony handles, a skull saw and knife with steel blades and ebony handles, a bone-handled horsehair brush and a doubled-ended scoop/file. With the onset of sterilisation using steam in around 1890, instruments increasing became all metal as ebony warped and was more difficult to sterilise.

Production periodNineteenth century, mid

Object nameTrephines, Craniotomy set

Object categoryINSTRUMENT

MaterialSteel, Wood, ebony, Brass

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