Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: After 1890
notes: label: Description
content: This small surgical set belonged to James Burch Joyce (1871-1944), a Maryland physician. The “PAT’D OCT. 28 ’90” inscription in the leather case refers to Ferdinand Alfred Reichardt (1840-1913), a pharmacist from Berlin who emigrated to New York, and imported and sold surgical instruments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ferdinand Alfred Reichardt, “Pocket Surgical Case,” U.S. Patent 439,187 (Oct. 28, 1890).
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.302606.242
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.242
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Case
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Pocket Case; Surgical Set; General Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.1 cm x 13.8 cm x 8.5 cm; 1 1/4 in x 5 7/16 in x 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 14.2875 cm x 8.255 cm