surgical set
name: label: maker
content: F Arnold
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing several surgical instruments, some with ebony handles, and some marked "F. ARNOLD / BALT.” The Liston knife was named for Robert Liston (1794-1847), a surgeon in Edinburgh known for his speed and skill, important attributes in the era before anesthetics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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.302606.283
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.283
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; General Surgery; Major Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.3 cm x 41.3 cm x 16.6 cm; 3 11/16 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 41.275 cm x 17.145 cm