Title
Bistoury cache
Subject
Surgical instruments and apparatus
Surgical Instruments
Surgical
Description
Bistoury is a knife with a long cutting edge of uniform breadth. Bistoury Cache is a Spring loaded double bladed instrument
Used to cut the internal organs of the body
Steel knife with ebony handle, spring loaded, engraved number of handle.
Publisher
Health Sciences Library
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
1760?
Contributor
Bennion, Elisabeth
Cravens, Annette
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Contact the History of Medicine Collection with questions.
Format
25.4 cm.
Type
Medical instrument
Image
Still image
Identifier
91.11.12
LIB-HSL001
Date Created
4/7/2006
Medium
Metal and ebony
Citation
“Bistoury cache,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16796.