Amputation and General Surgical Set, 1866/1880

Scope and content:

Contained in wooden case, Jos. B. Whitehead, M.D. Manufactured by J.H Gemrig. 109 STH 8th Street Philadelphia; Set includes: mirror, grooved director, forceps (bullet), catling, two finger knife, metacarpal saw with lifting back, amputating tenaculum, three scalpels, trocar and cannula, cartilage knife, forceps, tourniquet, bone forceps, forceps curved sequestrum, Darling's chain hook, curved wire serrefin's, surgeon's silk suture, cannula. Case measures 6.8cm x 41.5cm x 17.5cm.

Physical facet:

METAL, BRASS, MIRRORED GLASS, CLOTH, EBONY, STRING, WOOD

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