Spring Lancet
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancets for bloodletting have been known since the early eighteenth century and remained popular throughout the nineteenth century. This example belonged to Wilbur Phelps Morgan (1841-1922), a Maryland physician who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The "Traunichtessticht" inscription on the case may be translated as “Do not trust, it stabs.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.009
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14138
label: catalog number
content: 302606.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, bloodletting
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Bloodletting Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, chamois (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (lancet material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2 cm x 7.3 cm x 2.1 cm; 13/16 in x 2 7/8 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 7.3025 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.905 cm