Surgical Set
Surgical Set
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- Description
- Wooden box containing a surgical saw with an ebony handle, and a bone forceps, both marked “Wade & Ford / New York.” The bistoury has an ebony handle but no inscription. George Wade and William E. Ford were in business in the 1860s, importing and manufacturing surgical and dental instruments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Amputation Set
- surgical set
- amputation set
- Other Terms
- Amputation Set; Amputation Set
- Physical Description
- wood, rosewood (overall material)
- metal, brass (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- wood, ebony (overall material)
- fabric, velvet (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 17 in x 7 in; 10.795 cm x 43.18 cm x 17.78 cm
- overall: 6 7/8 in; 17.4625 cm
- ID Number
- MG.302606.739
- accession number
- 302606
- catalog number
- 302606.739
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
- subject
- Surgery
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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