Cautery Iron
date: label: date made
content: 19th Century
notes: label: Description
content: Cautery is a method of destroying tissue by applying a hot tool to flesh to stop bleeding. This cautery iron was one of the first medical instruments acquired for the Smithsonian in 1898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: related event
content: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
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: 1993.0001.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0001.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0001
label: catalog number
content: 143076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cautery Iron
label: Object Name
content: cautery iron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4 cm x 32.7 cm; 1 9/16 in x 12 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 12 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 32.7025 cm x 4.445 cm