Tourniquet
name: label: maker
content: Hernstein, Hermann
notes: label: Description
content: The “H. HERNSTEIN” inscription on this tourniquet is that of a German surgical instrument maker who emigrated to the United States in 1841.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frances M. Cosine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02223
label: accession number
content: 95819
label: catalog number
content: M-02223
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: tourniquet
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Other Terms
content: Tourniquet; Tourniquet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm