Spring Lancet
date: label: Date made
content: 1811 - 1822
label: date made
content: ca. 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancet with a “Weiss Improved / Bleeding Instrument / 33 Strand / London” inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: “To John Weiss, of the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, surgical instrument maker, for improvements on instruments for bleeding horses and other animals.—[Sealed 26th January, 1828,” The London Journal of Arts and Sciences 7 (1831): 21-22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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: 1977.0576.01
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0576.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.0576
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.2 cm x 1.7 cm x 6.4 cm; 3 1/4 in x 11/16 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.35 cm