Scarificator
date: label: Date made
content: 1846 - 1855
name: label: maker
content: Tiemann, George
notes: label: Description
content: 12-blade scarificator with a bone handle, and a “GEO. TIEMANN / PATENT / AUGUST 20 / 1846” inscription. George Tiemann (1795-1868) was a German cutler who began in business in New York in 1826. He obtained a patent for a scarificator in August 1834, and another in August 1846.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann, “Scarificator,” U.S. Patent 4,705 (Aug. 20, 1846).
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: MG.M-10700
label: accession number
content: 254866
label: catalog number
content: M-10700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scarificator
label: Other Terms
content: Scarificator; Bloodletting Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5 cm x 4.3 cm x 16.7 cm; 1 15/16 in x 1 11/16 in x 6 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 in; 4.1275 cm x 18.0975 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: scarificator: 1 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 17.145 cm x 4.1275 cm