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Early 19th C Cased Ebony Trocar Set

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Set of Ebony and Silver Trocars
 
A fine late 18th or early 19th century set of three ebony handled trocars with their silver sheathed cannulae. These would have been used for abdominal paracentesis (drainage of ascitic fluid from the abdominal cavity).