Surgical Saw
notes: label: Description
content: Parker surgical saw with an ebony handle. The form was named for Willard Parker (1800-1884), a New York surgeon.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Dr. Willard Parker Dead, One of New-York’s Oldest and Ablest Surgeons,” New York Times (April 26, 1884), p. 5.
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.314016.201A
label: accession number
content: 314016
label: catalog number
content: 314016.201A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saw
label: Object Name
content: saw
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
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: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.2 cm x 1.5 cm x 29 cm; 2 7/16 in x 9/16 in x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.89 cm