Plastic surgery kit, 19th century

Plastic surgery kit, 19th century

Charrière, Joseph Frédéric Benoît, 1803-1876

Wood

Steel

Ivory

Surgical instruments

Wounds and injuries

Surgery, plastic

Rectangular, leather-covered wooden plastic surgery kit originally belonging to Henry J. Bigelow. Kit has two latches on front that allow top half of kit to open. Left side of kit has additional pull-back closure on rectangular door. Underneath covering are four steel tools housed in red velvet: two curved scissors, one scissor-handled hook tool, and one pair of tweezers. There is one tool missing. Right side of kit contains eight ivory-handled curved blades and six steel hooks, all housed in red velvet.

Charrière, Joseph Frédéric Benoît, 1803-1876

21407

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object

1 plastic surgery kit

Medical Equipment

physical object

Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog NumberL 21407

The tools in this plastic surgery kit were created in the 19th century by the firm of Joseph Frederic Benoit Charriere in Paris, France. This kit was likely owned by Henry J. Bigelow of Boston, Massachusetts. It was found in the collections of the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Plastic surgery kit

11.5 W x 23 D x 4 H cm