Surgical Set
name: label: maker
content: Max Wocher
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical set owned and used by William Cochran Hall (1834-1872), a physician and surgeon in Kansas. The “MAX WOCHER / MANUFACTURER / SIXTH STREET / . . . / CINCINNATI” label in the box is that of a German immigrant who was working in Cincinnati by 1837. The firm became the Max Wocher & Son Company in 1870.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James F. Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12150
label: accession number
content: 268340
label: catalog number
content: M-12150
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Amputation Set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: amputation set
label: Other Terms
content: Amputation Set; Surgical Set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall:;
label: Measurements
content: overall, case: 3 1/4 in x 16 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 40.9575 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, razor in box: 5/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.875 cm x 3.175 cm