Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Madeira, Pugh
notes: label: Description
content: The “MADEIRA” inscription on some of the pieces in this set is that of Pugh Madeira (ca. 1809-1881), a surgical and dental instrument maker in Philadelphia who, by the late 1840s, was claiming that his instruments of American steel were as good as those made from European steel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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: MG.M-10836
label: accession number
content: 254859
label: catalog number
content: M-10836
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Case
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Pocket Case; Surgical Set; General Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 17.3 cm x 4.2 cm; 3 1/8 in x 6 13/16 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 7 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm