Spring Lancet
name: label: maker
content: Goulding, William R.
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancet with a “GOULDING / NEW YORK” inscription. William Robinson Goulding (1806-1865) was born in Britain, arrived in New York in 1831, and was making surgical and dental instruments by 1838. An 1845 advertisement mentioned a store on Chatham St., and a steam manufactory at 103 Murray St. In 1849, he joined the gold rush to California.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13060.02
label: accession number
content: 321641
label: catalog number
content: M-13060.02
label: catalog number
content: 321641.031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maroon (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.2 cm x 7.7 cm x 1.8 cm; 1 5/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.8575 cm