Liston Knife
date: label: Date made
content: 1860 - 1866
notes: label: Description
content: Robert Liston (1794-1847) was a Scottish surgeon noted for his skill and speed in an era before anesthetics, when speed was especially important. A typical Liston knife had a long thin blade. This example has an ebony handle, and a "WADE & / FORD N.Y." inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert Liston, Practical Surgery (London, 1837).
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.314016.215
label: accession number
content: 314016
label: catalog number
content: 314016.215
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Cutting Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.4 cm x 2.3 cm x 37.5 cm; 9/16 in x 7/8 in x 14 3/4 in