Surgical Set
notes: label: Description
content: Small wood and leather case lined with red velvet that contains three ivory-handled scalpels, one ivory-handled tenaculum, and one thumb lancet with tortoise-shell handle marked "Evans / Old Change / London. There is also a folding, double ended tenaculum; a folding tenaculum with a hook on each end; and a blow pipe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.052
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.052
label: catalog number
content: M-14181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgical Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; Surgical Set; Minor Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tenaculums material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.9 cm x 18 cm x 7.1 cm; 1 9/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 2 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: blowpipe: 5 5/8 in x 5/16 in; 14.2875 cm x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: tenaculum (folded): 7 cm x 1.5 cm x .8 cm; 2 3/4 in x 19/32 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: tenaculum (folded): 7.8 cm x 1.1 cm x .4 cm; 3 1/16 in x 7/16 in x 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 18.0975 cm x 6.985 cm