Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Cassell, J. F.
notes: label: Description
content: A label on the lid of the wooden box of this surgical set reads “Presented to / G. Atwater M.D. / by the visitors of / Balto County Jail / Jan. 1st 1883.” Three instruments in the set have ebony handles. An inscription on the saw reads “CASSELL.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.266
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: Set, Amputation
label: Other Terms
content: Set, Amputation; Surgical Set; Amputation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, chamois (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 9 5/8 in; 43.18 cm x 24.4475 cm