Mechanical Leeches
notes: label: Description
content: Set of mechanical leeches of the sort introduced by Baron Charles Louis Heurteloup (1793-1864), a French physician. An inscription in the wooden box reads “Baron Heurteloup Patent No. 19449.”
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: 1986.0816.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0816.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0816
label: patent number
content: 1449
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mechanical leeches, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; glass; leather; steel; wood; textile (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: case: 2 in x 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 20.955 cm x 13.97 cm