Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: F.A. Koch & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: One inscription on the case of this surgical set reads “Med. Dept. U.S.N.” Another reads “F. A. Koch & Co. / 12 Haemostatic Forceps.” Frederick A. Koch (1846-1929) was born in Solingen, and moved to the United States as a young man. By 1874 he was making cutlery and allied products. His firm was incorporated in 1915.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Frederick A. Koch Dies,” New York Times (April 28, 1929), p. 24.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Catherine F. Hoopes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0957.05
label: accession number
content: 1981.0957
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0957.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Hemostatic, Set of
label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps, set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Hemostatic, Set of; Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.3 cm x 16.5 cm x 2 cm; 4 13/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.4775 cm