Surgical Saw
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1840
name: label: maker
content: Goulding, William R.
notes: label: Description
content: William R. Goulding (b. 1805) was an Englishman who arrived in New York in 1831, set up shop as a surgical instrument maker, and travelled to California in 1849. This surgical saw has a steel blade, ornate brass handle, and “W. R. Goulding & Co. / New-York” inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 2001.0301.01
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0301.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 cm x 8.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 13 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 13 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 35.2425 cm x 8.5725 cm