Surgical set. Set includes: 1 chisel, 1 rachtome chisel, 1 scissors, 1 bowel scissors, 1 lifting back bone saw, 1 dissecting forceps, 1 blow-pipe, 1 costotome, 5 scalpels with ivory handles, 1 tenaculum with ivory handle, 3 cartilage knives, 4 surgical needles and thread, 1 tissue forceps and 1 retraction chain with 3 hooks.

By H. Hernstein & Son

circa 1863

Surgical set. Set includes: 8 surgical knives, 1 artery forceps, 5 surgical needles, 1 elastic bandage, 1 tourniquet with an iron chain, 1 Galt's trephine, 1 trephine handle, 1 trepanning elevator and rasps, 1 lithotomy forceps.

By Tiemann & Co.

1890

Surgical set. Set includes: 1 combined pump and enema syringe with bone handle and flute key lever, 1 enema tube, 2 oesophageal pipes, vulcanite mouth gag and wooden cap, 2 bone rectum pipes, cylinder attachment for stomach pump/enema apparatus, in wooden case with sage velvet lining and key.

By Joseph Gray & Son

1890

Set of mixed surgical instruments.

Surgical set in a leather case. Set includes: 1 dressing spring forceps, marked Caswell & Mazard Co. on one side and W.F.Ford N.Y. on the other, 2 exploring needles, 1 polypus dressing and needle forceps, 1 scissors, 1 scalpel and straight bistoury combined in one handle with slide catch, 1 Gross's ear spoon and hook, 1 Gum lancet and tenaculum marked Otto & Sons, 1 director and ear spoon, Parker's Compound catheter (4 pieces), 1 artery forceps with slide catch which can be used as needle holder, 1 sharp pointed curved bistoury and tenotome with slide catch with Kny and Scheerer trade mark, 1 exploring needle in a reversible bone case, 5 suture needles with pure surgical silk (in paper envelope from Otto Helmold Surgical Instruments, Pittsburgh PA)

By various manufacturers: Caswell & Mazard Co., Otto & Sons, W.F. Ford, Kny & Scheerer and Otto Helmond

1897

Bullet forceps, a common surgical instrument to grasp and remove bullets. It is made from steel and was used in World War I.

Manufacturer unknown

1910s

Straight steel German scissors, with blunt and sharp tips. Engraved on the blades "Germany" and initials FA.

Manufacturer unknown

1890s

Trephine, a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade.

By Tiemann & Co.

19th century

Set of 6 urethral dilator sounds, placed in a cloth case. Urethral Dilator Sound is widely used for urethra dilation during surgical procedures.

By Haslam

early 20th century

Otis urethrotome with 2 blades and a spare knife blade in the leather covered box.

Manufacturer unknown

1890s