Trephine

Title: Trephine
Description: A trephine is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrical shaped core of bone that can be used for tests and bone studies, cutting holes in bones (i.e., the skull) or for cutting out a round piece of the cornea for eye surgery.
Date: [1800]
Format: 9 x 12 x 1.6 cm
Materials: ebony
steel
Subject: surgical instruments
Type: medical device
Tag: medical instruments