Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: 1861 - 1864
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metacarpal saw with a serrated steel blade, ebony handle, and a Tiemann inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0858.01.31
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0858.01.31
label: accession number
content: 1991.0858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Saw; Cutting Tools; Metacarpal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.9 cm x 1 cm x 20.2 cm; 3/4 in x 3/8 in x 7 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 8 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 20.32 cm x 1.27 cm