Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Fries
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden surgical set contains two ebony-handled bistouries marked "Fries", and a steel saw blade marked "John / Friese / Baltimore”. The hinged wooden box has red velvet lining. A brass escutcheon imbedded into the lid, and is marked, W.P. Morgan M.D.
label: Description
content: Wilbur P. Morgan practiced medicine in Baltimore. He is listed as a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland in its transactions for the years 1874 and 1884. He collected books, and donated many of them to the University of Virginia.
label: Description
content: John A. Frise sold medical and dental instruments in Baltimore from about 1860 to 1871. His son Augustus Frise sold instruments from about 1873 to 1875.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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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.302606.284
label: catalog number
content: 302606.284
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgical Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; Surgical Set; Minor Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.9 cm x 19.5 cm x 9.1 cm; 1 15/16 in x 7 11/16 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 19.685 cm x 8.89 cm