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 a Maryland physician.
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.302606.040
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14169
label: catalog number
content: 302606.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, bloodletting
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring Lancet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (lancet material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (lancet material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm; in x 2 15/16 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm