Lancet Set
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Green sharkskin with silver trim. Thumb lancet inside.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: There was a vast array of hardware associated with bloodletting, but the most common item used was a lancet. A lancet was a small, sharp, two-edged knife. Using a lancet required much skill as one false move could cut a nerve or tendon.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0789.36
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.36
label: accession number
content: 1977.0789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet, Set
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet, Set; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shagreen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.2 cm x 5.1 cm x 2 cm; 2 13/16 in x 2 in x 13/16 in