Thumb Lancet
notes: label: Description
content: Lancet with tortoise shell cover. The “SAVIGNY” inscription refers to a long-lived razor and surgical instrument maker in London.
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.302606.403
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.403
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: lancet
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoiseshell (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.7 cm x 1.1 cm x .1 cm; 2 1/4 in x 7/16 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm