Scarificator
date: label: date made
content: 1834
label: associated dates
content: 1846 08 20 / 1846 08 20
name: label: patentee
content: Tiemann, George
label: maker
content: Tiemann, George
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for George Tiemann, "Scarificator," U.S. Patent issued in August 1834. The inscription reads “GEO. TIEMANN / No. 63 Chatham St. / NEW YORK / 1834.” George Tiemann (1795-1868) was a German cutler who began in business in New York in 1826.
label: Description
content: Ref: “List of American Patents which Issued in August 1834,” in Mechanics’ Magazine 5 (April, 1835): 197-203.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04289
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04289
label: patent number
content: 4,705
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scarificator
label: Object Name
content: scarificator, patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Scarificator; Bloodletting Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4.5 cm x 4.4 cm x 18 cm; 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 7 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 18.415 cm x 4.1275 cm