Liston Knife
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1864
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gemrig, John H.
label: maker
content: John H. Gemrig
label: maker
content: Jacob H. Gemrig
notes: label: Description
content: Robert Liston (1794-1847) was a Scottish surgeon noted for his skill and speed in an era before anesthetics, when speed was especially important. A typical Liston knife had a long thin blade. This example has a steel blade, ebony handle, and a “GEMRIG” inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert Liston, Practical Surgery (London, 1837).
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.316384.04
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 1.7 cm x 35.3 cm; 7/8 in x 11/16 in x 13 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 12 3/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 31.4325 cm x 2.2225 cm