Roman medical instruments found in Staines Middlesex England now Staines-upon-Thames

Staines

Staines is an urban area in the Borough (Hundreds) of Spelthorne (Spelethorne). The main towns in Spelthorne are Staines (Stanes), Ashford (Exeford), Stanwell (Stanwelle), Shepperton (Scepertone), Sunbury (Sunbarie). Staines is the administrative centre of the Borough and has the largest shopping area. Spelthorne is a district of London/Middlesex/Surrey, that has a population of approximately 90,000, and covers 21 square miles.

(words in brackets are from the Doomsday Book. c.1086.)

Roman Medical Instruments

All of these items below are located in the Spelthorne Museum

Some items that were used for medical things although how they were used is anyone's guess!

Found at the Elmsleigh Centre dig
1. bottom end of the tweezers	1. Top end of the tweezers, To me it looks like there is a letter or marking on there. Maybe an M
Found at the Johnston & Clark dig
2. bottom end of the second pair of tweezers	2. Top end of the second pair of tweezers. These have been broken.

3. Nail Cleaner - Found at the Elmsleigh Centre dig

4. Toilet Spoon with pentagonal pierced head

Found at the Elmsleigh Centre dig

5. Small cupped Toilet Spoon
Found at the Elmsleigh Centre dig


6. The bottom of the spoon probe	6. The top of the spoon probe

6. Spoon probe
found at the Elmsleigh Centre dig

Roman Utensils

Roman Cutlery

Roman Spoon

Roman Knife tip

Photos courtesy of Jenny Scripps. Thanks also to the Museum.

Various Staines information, historic or otherwise, are listed on the page Links below.

Art Works in Staines	Ashby's	Banks
Books	Church Street	Churches
Cinema's	Clarence Street	Common Land
Companies	Destruction	Digs
Dragonfly Dezignz	Extras 1	Floods
Golden Boy	High Street	Iron Bridge
Links	The Lino	Maps
Museum Talks 2023	Oast House	Photos plus
Premier Inn	Pubs	Research info
Restaurants	Roman Medical Instruments	Shops Alphabetically Part 1 A - K
Shops Alphabetically Part 2 L - Z	Shops - Now	Shops thru the years - High Street
Shops thru the years - Other Streets	Smiths to Banks	Stations
Thames Street	Town Hall	White Lion

Extras (not mine)