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Craniotomy set

HC.I.1.28

Edinburgh Gardner (Manufacturer)

Craniotomy set by Gardner, Edinburgh, c.mid 19th century. It consists of: two trephines with steel heads and brass shafts with detachable ebony handles, a skull saw and knife with steel blades and ebony handles, a bone-handled horsehair brush and a doubled-ended scoop/file. With the onset of sterilisation using steam in around 1890, instruments increasing became all metal as ebony warped and was more difficult to sterilise.

Nineteenth century, mid