Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

metal, brass (overall material)

fabric, velvet (overall material)

red, brownish (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 8.5 cm x 39.4 cm x 14 cm; 3 3/8 in x 15 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in

overall: 3 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 39.37 cm x 13.97 cm

Object Name:

Case

surgical set

amputation set

Other Terms:

Case; Surgical Set

Description:

Wooden box containing surgical instruments with ebony handles, some of them made by Hernstein in New York. A paper label reads “Gift to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty / from / Dr. William J. Todd, 1927.”

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Surgery  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland

ID Number:

MG.302606.742

Accession number:

302606

Catalog number:

MG*302606.742

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-b5a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1133294