Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Kern, Horatio G.
notes: label: Description
content: A label in the case reads “HORATIO G. KERN / SURGICAL AND DENTAL / INSTRUMENTS / . . . / . . . / 25 N. Sixth St. Philada.” That on the lid reads “Presented to / Dr. L. H. Lamar, U.S.A. / as a tribute to his services . . . by / the patients of / Ward . . . U.S. Army Hospital / Chestnut Hill, PA / September 19, 1863.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.302606.221
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.221
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; General Surgery; Major Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 16 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 42.2275 cm x 18.0975 cm