Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1864
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gemrig, Jacob H.
label: user
content: Dungan, Jacob S.
label: maker
content: Jacob H. Gemrig
notes: label: Description
content: The serrated blade of this thin surgical saw is steel; the handle is ebony. The “GEMRIG / PHILA” inscription is that of an instrument firm in Philadelphia that was established by Jacob S. Gemrig, a German cutler who arrived in the U.S. ca. 1830, and that was continued by his son, John H. Gemrig.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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.316384.08
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw, metacarpal
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.1 cm x 1.1 cm x 23.3 cm; 13/16 in x 7/16 in x 9 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 9 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.905 cm