Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Schnetter, Johann Caspar
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on some of pieces in this autopsy/dissection set is that of Johann Caspar Schnetter (1778-1860), a German surgical instrument maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Barry A. Davidson, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0449.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0449.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0449
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Autopsy Set
label: Object Name
content: autopsy set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Autopsy Set; Surgical Set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, chamois (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 16 1/4 in x 8 5/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 41.275 cm x 21.9075 cm