Lancet
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancet with a “WIEGAND / PHILA / DELPHIA / SNOWDEN” inscription. John Wiegand and Thomas Snowden began in business in 1821, making and selling surgical instruments. The firm was dissolved in 1855 and failed in 1858.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.302606.185
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Object Name
content: lancet, spring
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Bloodletting Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (lancet material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (lancet material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7 cm x 4.7 cm x 1.7 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm