Spring Lancet
Spring Lancet
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- Description
- Spring lancets for bloodletting have been known since the early eighteenth century and remained popular throughout the nineteenth century. This example belonged to Samuel Kennedy Jennings (1771-1854), a Maryland physician, and medical professor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Spring lancet
- Lancet
- spring lancet, set
- bloodletting
- Other Terms
- Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
- Physical Description
- metal, brass (overall material)
- metal, nickel (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 3 cm x 7 cm x 4 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in
- case: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm
- lancet: 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- MG.302606.061
- accession number
- 302606
- catalog number
- M-14190
- 302606.061
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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