Catlin
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: user
content: Dungan, Jacob S.
label: Associated Name
content: Myers, Jacob H.
label: maker
content: John H. Gemrig
label: maker
content: Jacob H. Gemrig
notes: label: Description
content: A catlin (or catling) is a long, double-bladed surgical knife. This example has a steel blade, an ebony handle, and a “GEMRIG / PHILA.” inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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.316384.02
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 1.5 cm x 37.4 cm; 7/8 in x 9/16 in x 14 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 14 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 37.1475 cm x 2.2225 cm