Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1864
name: label: maker
content: Gemrig, Jacob H.
label: user
content: Dungan, Jacob S.
label: maker
content: Jacob H. Gemrig
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical bow saw with an ebony handle and “HOSP. DEPT / U.S.A.” and “GEMRIG / PHILA” inscriptions. Jacob S. Gemrig was a German cutler who arrived in the U.S. ca. 1830, and established a business in Philadelphia. His son, John H. Gemrig, continued the firm.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: related event
content: Civil Rights Act of 1964
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.316384.19
label: accession number
content: 316384
label: catalog number
content: 316384.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw, bow
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.7 cm x 2 cm x 37 cm; 3 13/16 in x 13/16 in x 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 36.83 cm x 9.8425 cm