Spring Lancet
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancets for bloodletting have been known since the early eighteenth century and remained popular throughout the nineteenth century. This example belonged to Samuel Kennedy Jennings (1771-1854), a Maryland physician, and medical professor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.061
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14190
label: catalog number
content: 302606.061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3 cm x 7 cm x 4 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm