Dissecting Set
notes: label: Description
content: The name Clewell Howell is written on the front of this small pocket case. The wooden case is partially covered in leather. It contains a mix of instruments which include a broken dental instrument, two metal handled scalpels, a scalpel with an ebony handle, a metal hook, and a small white handled knife with a curved blade and brass ferrule.
label: Description
content: Based on letters in the accession file to and from Dr. Clewell Howell this set of instruments was given to him by the daughter of his uncle Dr. Augustus Howell (1845-1911). The elder Howell was born in Salem, North Carolina and ran away from home to join the Confederate Army. He attended medical school at the University of Louisville graduating in 1871. He settled in Baltimore, Maryland where he established his practice.
label: Description
content: This set was donated to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland by Clewell Howell, a pediatrician. Like his uncle he too settled in the Baltimore area and opened his practice in 1928. Dr. Howell died in Baltimore 17 December 1981.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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.302606.252
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.252
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 (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.3 cm x 19.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 1 5/16 in x 7 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 in; 3.4925 cm x 19.3675 cm x 7.62 cm