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ROMAN, 3RD CENTURY
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SIX BRONZE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
Roman, 3rd Century
six instruments including forceps and a scalpel with a very rarely preserved steel blade with missing termination point, the blade mounted in cleft with solder
7½in. (19.5cm.) the longest (6)
Roman, 3rd Century
six instruments including forceps and a scalpel with a very rarely preserved steel blade with missing termination point, the blade mounted in cleft with solder
7½in. (19.5cm.) the longest (6)
Literature
See p.17 & plate IV, in Kirkup. The evolution of surgical instruments: an illustrated history from ancient times to the twentieth century (Novato, CA: 2006).