Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1876
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing 28 surgical instruments. Since this came from Chinese Centennial Commission, we assume it was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Accession 5892. Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Collection from Philadelphia Centennial
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.049753
label: catalog number
content: 49753
label: accession number
content: 5892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical tools coll object
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: board 1: 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 10 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 17.93875 cm x 26.9875 cm
label: Measurements
content: board 2: 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 21.59 cm x 26.9875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 5/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 26.9875 cm x 21.9075 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 5/8 in x 7 in x 1/2 in; 26.9875 cm x 17.78 cm x 1.27 cm