Lancet Set
notes: label: Description
content: Two thumb lancets, one with a mother-of-pearl handle, one with tortoise shell handle, in a shagreen covered case.
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: 1977.0789.37
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.37
label: accession number
content: 1977.0789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet, Set
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet, Set; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shagreen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7 cm x 3.4 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 5/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 3/4 in x 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 1.27 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: m-o-p lancet: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: tortoise lancet: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm