Spring Lancet
notes: label: Description
content: Spring lancets for bloodletting have been known since the early eighteenth century and remained popular throughout the nineteenth century. This example belonged to Launcelot Jackes (1750-ca. 1827), a Maryland physician who served as a surgeon in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.039
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14168
label: catalog number
content: 302606.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spring lancet
label: Object Name
content: Lancet
label: Object Name
content: spring lancet, set
label: Object Name
content: bloodletting
label: Other Terms
content: Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (case color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.8 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.3 cm; 2 5/16 in x in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm