Tourniquet
date: label: Date made
content: 1861 - 1864
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Petit’s spiral tourniquet was devised by and named for the French surgeon, Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750). The form was widely used during the American Civil War.
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: 1991.0858.01.19
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0858.01.19
label: accession number
content: 1991.0858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.5 cm x 4.3 cm; 2 15/16 in x 1 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.6675 cm