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Description: | DOWN BROS, LONDON stamped into handle also 15 Stem, 16 Bend. Tere is also a scale reading 1-7. MANU Down & Brothers late 19th early 20th century 21, St Thomas's Street, London, S.E. [England] DES THOMPSON,Henry,Sir second half 19th century [London] [England] This instrument, Thompson's lithotrite, is operated by pushing fully forward the doughnut like ring in the handle pre-setting the aperture then pulling the ring fully back. The wheel on the end of the instrument is then turned clockwise closing the fenestrated cutting blades. It was used in the removal of gall stones. On show in the Healing Passion medical exhibition from 2006 onwards. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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