Lancet Set
date: label: date made
content: ca mid-1700s - mid-1800s
notes: label: Description
content: Four thumb lancets with steel blades and tortoise shell handles, in a silver and shagreen case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1977.0789.38
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.38
label: accession number
content: 1977.0789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet, Set
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet, Set; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shagreen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7.1 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.7 cm; 2 25/32 in x 1 13/32 in x 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 7/8 in x 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 1.5875 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancets: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm