Case for Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1874
name: label: maker
content: Ford, William F.
notes: label: Description
content: The brass nameplate on the lid of this wooden box reads "John M. Woodworth, Supervising Surgeon, U.S. Marine Hospital Service." John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879) was the first Supervising-Surgeon General under President Ulysses S. Grant, and then Surgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital Service (from 1871 to 1879). The set was made by William F. Ford & Co., a partnership of William F. Ford and George Gilman that was in business from 1866-1871.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: associated subject
content: Public Health
label: associated subject
content: Public Health Service
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: See more items in
content: Health & 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: 1980.0349.09.001
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0349.09.001
label: accession number
content: 1980.0349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: case
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 50.165 cm x 29.21 cm