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ca. 1890's
Digital photograph of a dissection kit. The pieces of the kit have been removed from the wooden case and laid out on the counter. A ruler can be seen in the foreground, for sizing.
A dissection kit in a wooden case. The case measures 17.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm, and lacks any interior padding. The case clasps are brass as is a name plate on the lid. The name plate reads: J.W. Stuff-80 & 81. The case contains five pieces: 1) single chain grappling hook with prongs on either end, 2) one large trocar, without a handle, 3) two curved dissecting knives, and 4) a dissecting tenaculum. Missing from the kit are three items, one of which was a pair of dissecting scissors. The kit was moved from the storeroom in the Dept. of Physiology to the Medical Museum Collection in June 1966.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 2A
Digital photograph of a dissection kit. The pieces of the kit have been removed from the wooden case and laid out on the counter. A ruler can be seen in the foreground, for sizing.
A dissection kit in a wooden case. The case measures 17.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm, and lacks any interior padding. The case clasps are brass as is a name plate on the lid. The name plate reads: J.W. Stuff-80 & 81. The case contains five pieces: 1) single chain grappling hook with prongs on either end, 2) one large trocar, without a handle, 3) two curved dissecting knives, and 4) a dissecting tenaculum. Missing from the kit are three items, one of which was a pair of dissecting scissors. The kit was moved from the storeroom in the Dept. of Physiology to the Medical Museum Collection in June 1966.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 2A