A Dupuytren’s double-bladed lithotome with pearl indicator plate, of modification by Charrière. This instrument is described in the book Frédéric Charrière: Fabricant d’instruments de chirurgie by Jimmy Drulhon. 2008. It was photographed as ‘fig. 40. Lithotome double de Dupuytren, premier modèle construit par Fréderic Charrière’. The double lithotome was once part of Charrière’s personal early collections.
Charrière, who modified Mr. Heyne Jr.’s saw, placed himself at the forefront of his colleagues through the numerous improvements he made to surgical
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