Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1890
name: label: dealer
content: Chas. Truax & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical set with a “CHAS. TRUAX & CO. / DEALERS IN / SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS / CHICAGO, ILLS.” inscription in the lid. Charles Truax (1852-1918) was born in Wisconsin, moved to Chicago in 1884, and formed Chas. Truax & Co. in 1887. That firm became Truax, Greene & Co. in the 1890s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0605.01
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0605.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.0605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical kit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 10 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 27.6225 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 27.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 10 13/16 in x 5 5/16 in