Surgical Set, Lithotomy Set
date: label: date made
content: 1833-1842
name: label: maker
content: Charriere, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden case and brass handle and corner straps houses the most up-to-date instruments for the removal of calculi from the bladder and kidneys. Each instrument is engraved with Dr. Wilson’s initials W.T.W. It has 26 components. The set is close to complete, and includes three lithotomy forceps for crushing calculi or stones, a single and double-bladed lithotomes, a large irrigation syringe with three nozzles made of nickel, one scoop, two lithotomy knives and another cutting device known as an aponeurotome, one straight and one hooked gorget.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & 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.302606.773
label: catalog number
content: 302606.773
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; paper; steel; wood; fabric; mahogany; ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall; overall, minimum (shipping, storage, or collapsed): 4 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in x 9 in; 11.43 cm x 44.45 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, maximum (exhibit or expanded): 9 in x 17 1/2 in x 25 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 44.45 cm x 64.77 cm