Surgical Set
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jackson, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: The “Samuel Jackson” inscription on two tortoiseshell handled instruments in this small leather case refers to a cutler and surgical instrument maker who worked in Baltimore, circa 1833-1871. The "Presented By DR. SAMUEL K. MERRICK 1858" inscription on an enclosed paper refers to a founding member of the Maryland Laryngological Society.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: 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.302606.417
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.417
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Case
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Pocket Case; surgical set; General Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4 cm x 16.3 cm x 10.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 6 7/16 in x 4 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 7.9375 cm