Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1879
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This small pocket case was presented to W. Stevenson by Patrick Heron Watson, F.R.C.S. Stevenson received 2nd prize in Surgery for the 1878-79 session at The University of Edinburgh. The set was made by the surgical instrument maker Young of Edinburgh whose shop was at 58 North Bridge. In the 1865-66 edition of the Edinburgh University Calendar Young's advertisement states "No charge for the Season for Sharpening" for those students who purchased their dissecting kits from his establishment. The leather covered case is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The octagonal white metal escutcheon on the outer lid is elaborately engraved to Stevenson from Watson. Two brass plated clasps and hooks secure the bottom of the case to the lid. The interior of the case is lined in purple velvet. The set contains ten ebony handled instruments and include the following: curved probe bistourie; pointed curved bistourie, two scalpels, pointed straight bistourie, finger knife, two curved needles and a blunt hook.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Patrick Heron Watson (1832-1907) graduated with an M.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1853. He was twice the President of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1878 and 1905, and served as Honorary Surgeon to Queen Victoria and Edward VII.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. M. B. McMillan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0707.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0707.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0707
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgical Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; Surgical Set; Pocket Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.6 cm x 19.7 cm x 5.4 cm; 1 7/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in