Ophthalmic Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Charriere, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Small wooden case containing four knives, one tweezer forceps, one scissors, one syringe, five nozzles, and five needles. The "Joseph LEIDY" inscription refers to Joseph M. Leidy (1823–1891), a paleontologist, parasitologist and anatomist in Philadelphia. The “LUER” inscription on at least one instrument refers to a surgical and ophthalmological instrument firm that was established in Paris in 1837, and that won top awards at several national and international exhibitions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.427
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgical Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Surgical Set; Surgical Set; Ophthalmic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blades material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, chamois (case material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.6 cm x 16.2 cm x 10 cm; 1 7/16 in x 6 3/8 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.4775 cm