Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1881-1893
label: date made
content: 1856-1878
name: label: maker
content: Kolbe, D. W.
notes: label: Description
content: Set of surgical instruments with ivory handles, and a “D. W. KOLBE / MANUFACTURERS OF / SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS / … ARCH STREET / PHILADA.” inscription on the inside lid of the wooden box. Dietrich W. Kolbe was a cutler who trained in Paris and Germany, and worked in Philadelphia from 1856 until his death in 1878.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Kolbe Curtice
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09641
label: accession number
content: 231836
label: catalog number
content: M-09641
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amputation Set
label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Other Terms
content: Amputation Set; surgical set; Amputation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 14.2875 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: saw: 12.3 cm x .8 cm x 18.3 cm; 4 27/32 in x 5/16 in x 7 7/32 in
label: Measurements
content: scalpel: 1.8 cm x .5 cm x 18.3 cm; 23/32 in x 3/16 in x 7 7/32 in