Physical Object / Trepan

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Title: Trepan
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909
Contributing Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
Collection: Health Sciences Artifact Collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: 15 x 3.25 in.; trepan, instrument often used in head and brain surgery; hand drill.
Type: physical object
Identifier: ark:/13030/c8057j49
MZ_HOM0004_24
Source: Artifact Collection, item 1135; transferred from Mount Zion Artifact Collection

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