| Description Of Item | Part of the collection of medical instruments collected by William Alister Alexander. Number of random instruments in unrelated box: bone spoon; metal tongue depressors; scalpels; scissors; tweezers; letter opener; tuning fork; 'Keen' cut throat razor in a box labelled 'Isobel Alexander'; pliers with a serrated cutting wheel; a Diska bulb thermometer in a metal case; Ever Ready medical torch; magnifying glass; and test tube tongs. |