Medical Instrument Case Containing 18th C Craniotomy Instruments
Various makers. Including tripod skull elevator for a depressed skull fracture, circa 1750, trephines, Hey saws and others.
Also includes note from Professor Russell '... using these instruments the trained surgeon of the 18th century obtained no better results than the untrained practitioner in New Britain with his primitive instruments'.
35.5x19x13cm (case)

PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $800-1,500