Tenotome
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1879
name: label: maker
content: Young
notes: label: Description
content: A tenotome is a narrow-bladed knife used for tenotomy, a surgical procedure involving tendons. The form was used by the German surgeon, Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792-1847). The “YOUNG / EDINR” inscription at the base of the blade of this example is that of the surgical instrument firm begun by Archibald Young in Edinburgh, in the 1770s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
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: 1991.0707.01.05
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0707.01.05
label: accession number
content: 1991.0707
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Name
content: tenotome
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Cutting Tools; Tenotome?
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.2 cm x .5 cm x 15.4 cm; 1/2 in x 3/16 in x 6 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 6 1/8 in x 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 15.5575 cm x .635 cm