Surgical Saw
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann & Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Parker surgical saw was named for Willard Parker (1800-1884), a noted New York surgeon. This example has an ebony handle and a "TIEMANN & Co / N-YORK" inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Sons, American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 2.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Willard Parker Dead, One of New-York’s Oldest and Ablest Surgeons,” New York Times (April 26, 1884), p. 5.
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.314016.213
label: accession number
content: 314016
label: catalog number
content: 314016.213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Other Terms
content: Saw; Cutting Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.2 cm x 6.8 cm x 32.5 cm; 1/2 in x 2 11/16 in x 12 13/16 in