Scalpel
notes: label: Description
content: Scalpel with white bone handle, and a “SOMMELET / BREVETE” inscription. Hubert Sommelet was a French cutler who received a French patent on Jan. 22, 1857.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. William. Rosenthal, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0196.14
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0196.14
label: accession number
content: 1990.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scalpel
label: Object Name
content: scalpel
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Scalpel; Cutting Tool; Knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 2 cm x 19.5 cm; 3/16 in x 13/16 in x 7 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 19.685 cm x 1.905 cm