An ivory surgical presentation set, c.1868. It contains  a full complement of scalpels, bistouries, needle threaders and tenaculum hooks.  The lid compartment contains two scissors, one pair of scissor handled and two hand forceps. The lower tray contains a crosshatched ivory metacarpal saw, a director, two silver tracheotomy tubes, a crosshatched ivory and silver trocar and a pair of bone forceps. This was the Governor's Prize at Middlesex Hospital and awarded to Mr. Robert Harry Lords. (Phisick Medical Antiques)