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LOT 0176
Roman Bronze Medical Tool Collection
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (501 grams, 32.4 x 26.4 cm).
Including suture needle, bulbous probe, cosmetic or medical spoon, tweezers and other items, all mounted on a rigid board in a wooden frame.
Provenance
with Auktionshaus Owl, Bielefeld, Auction 37, 28 September 2013, no.37609.
European private collection.
Literature
See Milne, J.S., Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907.
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