Lancet
name: label: maker
content: Helmold, Louis V.
notes: label: Description
content: Thumb lancet with a “HELMOLD” inscription on the blade, probably made by Louis V. Helmold (fl. 1851-1897), a surgical instrument maker in Philadelphia. This apparently belonged to Dr. Clarence Leidy (1873-1926) of Philadelphia.
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.302606.186
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Thumb lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: lancet
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoiseshell (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5 cm x .8 cm x .2 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5/16 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 2 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.08 cm x .9525 cm