Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1864
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gemrig, Jacob H.
label: user
content: Dungan, Jacob S.
label: maker
content: Jacob H. Gemrig
notes: label: Description
content: Hey’s saw for cranial resection originated with William Hey (1736–1819), an English surgeon. This example has an ebony handle and a “GEMRIG” inscription. Jacob S. Gemrig was a German cutler who arrived in the U.S. ca. 1830, and set up shop in Philadelphia. The firm was continued by his son, John H. Gemrig.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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: MG.316384.10
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 1.4 cm x 9.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 19.685 cm x 3.81 cm