Lancet Set
notes: label: Description
content: Thumb lancet with a steel blade and tortoise shell handle, and tweezers, in a mother-of-pearl case. The name “Thompson” is engraved on the lancet handle.
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: 1977.0789.39
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0789.39
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: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.9 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 2 5/8 in x 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 1.27 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: tweezer/file: 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1/4 in; .635 cm x 6.0325 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 3/8 in; .3175 cm x 5.3975 cm x .9525 cm