Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: 1861 - 1864
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metacarpal saw with two steel blades, ebony handle, and a Tiemann inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0858.01.26
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0858.01.26
label: accession number
content: 1991.0858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw, amputation
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Saw; Cutting Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.5 cm x 2 cm x 39 cm; 4 1/8 in x 13/16 in x 15 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.5 cm x .4 cm x 27.3 cm; 9/16 in x 3/16 in x 10 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: smaller saw blade: 1/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 27.305 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: saw handle with larger blade: 7/8 in x 15 1/2 in x 4 in; 2.2225 cm x 39.37 cm x 10.16 cm