Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1894
name: label: maker
content: Shepard & Dudley
notes: label: Description
content: Soft black leather case lined with purple velvet, containing two surgical needles and ball of string. The “SHEPARD & DUDLEY / 150 WILLIAM ST / NEW YORK” inscription refers to a surgical instrument firm that was at this address from about 1860 to 1894. This case belonged to Henry M. Hurd (1843-1927), the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, and director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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.302606.705
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.705
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocket set
label: Object Name
content: Pocket Case
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Pocket Case; surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 3 cm; 2 9/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 13.335 cm x 6.0325 cm