Surgical Set
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden box containing a surgical saw with an ebony handle, and a bone forceps, both marked “Wade & Ford / New York.” The bistoury has an ebony handle but no inscription. George Wade and William E. Ford were in business in the 1860s, importing and manufacturing surgical and dental instruments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.739
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amputation Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Other Terms
content: Amputation Set; Amputation Set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 17 in x 7 in; 10.795 cm x 43.18 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in; 17.4625 cm