Surgical Display Case
name: label: patient
content: Grant, Ulysses S.
notes: label: Description
content: A label in this small display case reads “INSTRUMENTS USED ON / GEN. U. S. GRANT. . .PRESENTED TO / DR. GEO. F. SHRADY.” George Frederick Shrady (1830-1907) was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who practiced medicine in New York City. His attendance on General Ulysses S. Grant during Grant's final illness brought national fame.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Dr. Shrady Dead. Distinguished Physician Was Well Known As A Consultant,” New York Times (Dec. 1, 1907), p. 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Sarah Helen Abrahamson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0265.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0265.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Instruments, Medical, Set of
label: Object Name
content: display case
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Instruments, Medical, Set of; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 4.1275 cm x 13.97 cm