Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This surgical set belonged to Charles McKnight (1750-1791), a physician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and then practiced medicine in New York City. Most if not all of the instruments in the set came from the shop of William Hasledine Pepys (1748-1856), a surgical instrument maker in London.
topic: label: Subject
content: Revolutionary War
label: related event
content: American Revolution
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rosalie F. Bailey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0264.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0264.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgeon's Kit
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm x 54 cm x 23 cm; 2 17/32 in x 21 1/4 in x 9 1/16 in