Surgical Saw
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1874
name: label: maker
content: Ford, William F.
notes: label: Description
content: Metacarpal saw from the set belonging to John M. Woodworth, Supervising Surgeon of the U.S. Marine Hospital Service during the Civil War. The “FORD, W. F.” inscription on the ivory handle is that of William Fraser Ford (1820-1897), a machinist from England who arrived in New York in 1848 and became a surgical instrument maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Public Health Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0349.09.045
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0349.09.045
label: accession number
content: 1980.0349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 11 in x 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 27.94 cm x 1.27 cm