Tourniquet
notes: label: Description
content: Petit’s spiral tourniquet was devised by and named for the French surgeon, Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750). The form was widely used during the American Civil War. This example belonged to William Hilleary (1775-1834), a physician in Maryland.
label: Description
content: Ref: Alan J. Hawk, “Artifacts: Jean Louis Petit’s Screw Tourniquet,” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 474 (2016): 2577-2579.
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 32.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.302606.012
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14141
label: catalog number
content: 302606.012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tourniquet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in