Surgical Set
notes: label: Description
content: Small surgical set with a “PETER ROSE / Surgeon’s Instrument / MAKER / No. 150 William St. / NEW YORK” inscription. Peter Rose was a British immigrant who was active from 1829 through 1853. The “DUNCAN WILSON MD” inscription probably refers to an early owner.
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
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0074
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0074
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.6 cm x 14.6 cm x 3.2 cm; 2 19/32 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.445 cm x 15.875 cm x 7.9375 cm