Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: About 1898
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Pocket case of steel surgical instruments with few crevices in which germs might lodge. The inscription on the lid reads “Medical Department / U.S.N.” That on the inside reads “G. / TIEMANN & CO. / 107 PARK ROW, N.Y. / MANUFACTURERS / OF / SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.” The Tiemann firm moved to this address in 1886. The U.S. Navy sent this case to the Smithsonian in 1897.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: related event
content: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.143083
label: catalog number
content: 143083
label: accession number
content: unknown
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 17 cm; 3 1/8 in x 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 4.445 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm