Frédéric Charrière, A set with two syringes for embalming or cadaveric injections, circa 1840-1850
Brass, ebony, steel, wood and velvet; box: 33.5x20x9cm.
Important anatomical set for thanatopraxy or embalming or, as described in 19th-century catalogs, for cadaveric injections, with two syringes and signed by Charrière in Paris.
The box is composed of two large syringes, one with double reinforcement ebony handles and a smaller syringe with ebony handle, two taps and eight cannulas. Large syringes with double handles are rare, boxes with
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