Surgical Set
notes: label: Description
content: This surgical set belonged to Griffith Jones Scholl (1800-1882), a native of Northampton County, Pa. and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Two scalpels in the set are marked “BAKER” and a tortoiseshell bistourie is marked “H. G. Kern.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Elinor L. Frankenfield
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0604.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0604.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0604
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
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoiseshell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 16 in x 8 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 40.64 cm x 21.9075 cm