Spring Lancet
date: label: date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: Ives, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Joseph Ives, “Spring Lancet,” U.S. Patent 6,240 (March 27, 1849). Ives (1782-1862) was a clockmaker in Bristol, Ct.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.M-04292
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04292
label: patent number
content: 6,240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: lancet, patent model
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Blooodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.1 cm; 3 15/16 in x 1 3/8 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 11.1125 cm x 3.4925 cm