Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1866-1880
name: label: maker
content: Gemrig, Jacob H.
notes: label: Description
content: This small surgical set belonged to Clarence Leidy (1873-1926), a physician in Philadelphia. Most of the instruments have ebony handles. A paper label reads “Manufactured / by / J.H. Gemrig / 109 South Eighth St., / Philadelphia.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.160
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.160
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dissecting Set
label: Object Name
content: dissecting set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Dissecting Set; Surgical Set; Dissecting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 18.1 cm x 7.3 cm; 7/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 18.0975 cm x 7.3025 cm