Dressing Scissors, etc

Object/Artifact

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The Cabinet of Scissor Curiosities

A collection of scissors.: 11 pairs of scissors, described by the Wellcome Collection as Dressing Scissors.
A collection of scissors.

11 pairs of scissors, described by the Wellcome Collection as Dressing Scissors.

Name/Title

Dressing Scissors, etc

Entry/Object ID

2026.5.19

Tags

scissors

Description

Original image downloaded from the Wellcome Collection: M0008182: Surgical dressing scissors. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection. A collection of scissors described as Dressing Scissors by the Wellcome Collection. Some of these pairs have the long shanks and relatively short blades that are typical of Surgical Scissors. Two pairs of the scissors have bent blades.

Web Links and URLs

Original image at the Wellcome Collection

Created By

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Create Date

October 14, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

October 14, 2026