Tourniquet
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1864
name: label: user
content: Dungan, Jacob S.
notes: label: Description
content: A Petit tourniquet is named for Jean Louis Petit (1674–1750), a French surgeon who, influenced by the insights of William Harvey, realized the need to staunch bleeding following amputations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.316384.24
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 5 cm x 3.6 cm; 4 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 10.795 cm x 5.3975 cm