This presentation piece features a curated collection of antique surgical tools historically used for trepanation (cranial surgery), mounted on a dark octagonal wooden plaque. The display includes a handwritten Italian inventory label detailing each specialized instrument:
1. Trapano (Drill / Hand Brace): Used for manual boring of pilot holes into the skull.
2. Sega cresta di gallo (Cockscomb Saw): A curved bone saw used to cut between drilled perforations.
3. Tira fondo (Bone Elevator / Screw): Used to pry up or extract fractured bone pieces.
4. Sega piccola (Small Saw): A straight hand saw used for precision cutting of bone tissue.
5. Coltello raschietto (Scraping Knife): Used to incise the scalp and scrape back the fibrous membrane covering the skull.
6. Tresa (Trephine Bit): The specialized, hollow circular drill bit attached to the hand brace.
The center features a perforated metal protective guard piece, completing this historical representation of 18th- and 19th-century military and civilian neurosurgical practices.
