Fleam
notes: label: Description
content: Bloodletting fleam presumably used by Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865), a surgeon in the 4th U.S. Infantry, in the War of 1812. Harper was the great uncle of the donor, Joseph L. Clough. In addition to practicing medicine in New Hampshire, Harper served in the State senate and in the U.S. Congress (1831-1835).
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 Joseph L. Clough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06480
label: catalog number
content: M-06480
label: accession number
content: 176124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fleam
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 8.5725 cm x 2.8575 cm