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Cachecho, Riad. Surgical kit with a purple velvet interior and a wooden case, belonging to Damascus-based physician Habib Cachecho (1868-1938), Late 19th-century

Item Identifier: WAM001, 22095c
Scope and Contents:

Kit was supplied by the Stafford House Committee, and used by Habib Cachecho during his service in the Ottoman military. Cachecho received his medical degree from St. Joseph’s University of Medicine in Beirut in 1891, and practiced in Damascus after his military service. Forty one instruments included in kit, late 19th century.

Green, Samuel Abbott, 1830-1919. Historical instrumentation collection, 1854-1914

Series Identifier: WAM001, c20081
Content Description:

Various historical medical instrumentation