Lancet Set
notes: label: Description
content: Two thumb lancets with steel blades and tortoise shell handles, in a hallmarked silver case with hinged lid. The smaller lancet has an “EVANS / LONDON” inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0789.40
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.40
label: accession number
content: 1977.0789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lancet, Set
label: Object Name
content: lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet, Set; Bloodletting Instruments; Thumb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.3 cm x 3.2 cm x .8 cm; 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in x 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 2.8575 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancets: 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.3975 cm x .9525 cm