Scarificator
date: label: associated dates
content: 1847 05 15 / 1847 05 15
name: label: maker
content: Leypoldt, Frederick C.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Frederick Christoph Leypoldt, “Improvement in Scarificators,” U.S. Patent 5,111 (May 15, 1847). Leypoldt was a “Manufacturer of Scarificators and Spring Lancets” in Philadelphia. This model is a 13-blade scarificator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.M-04290
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04290
label: patent number
content: 5,111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scarificator
label: Object Name
content: scarificator, patent model
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Scarificator; Bloodletting Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.1 cm x 5.1 cm x 4.3 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm