Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Charriere, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing several surgical instruments, most of which have ebony handles. The “William T. Wilson / Baltimore, Md.” inscription on a brass label on the lid refers to William Thomas Wilson (1819-1852), a wealthy and prominent surgeon. A small label inside the lid refers to Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière (1803–1876), a leading surgical instrument maker in Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.741
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.741
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amputation Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Other Terms
content: Amputation Set; Surgical Set; Major Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chamois (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 16 1/2 in x 8 in; 10.16 cm x 41.91 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: turniquet, in box: 2 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 19.3675 cm x 9.525 cm