Surgical Set
notes: label: Description
content: The “PRATT / SURGICAL INST / MAKER / 420 OXFORD STREET / LONDON” inscription in this small leather case refers to Joseph F. Pratt, a surgical instrument maker in London in the mid-nineteenth century. The "Belonged to Henry / M. Hurd & given by the Misses Hurd" inscription refers to Henry Mills Hurd (1843-1927), a physician who served as the first director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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.302606.413
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pocket Case
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Pocket Case; surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoise shell (handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 12.3 cm x 5.9 cm; 7/8 in x 4 13/16 in x 2 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 in x 2 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.0325 cm