A Civil War-era medicine case, once owned by Dr. Lewis H. Steiner, who was the Chief Director of the Sanitary Commission of the Army of the Potomac. The case consists of ten compartments, each with a paper label identifying the contents.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Steiner, Lewis Henry, MD (1827-1892), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A leather satchel, separated into four compartments and containing about 47 vials of varying sizes, and containing some sort of pill or powder. Each vial is contained by either a cork or a metal screw-on cap, and has a paper label affixed that identi...
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A physician's folding leather pharmaceutical kit, containing 53 cork sealed vials, most with pills or powders. Each vial also contains a hand written label that identifies the contents within. Out of the 53 vials, 28 measure 7 cm. in length, while t...
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A folding wallet made of leather with twelve cork-sealed vials. Each vial contains either a powder or a pill-type medication as well as a typewritten label identifying the contents.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A leather satchel lined with velvet. Inside reveals four rows of fifty empty vials, each sealed with a cork. A key, presumably to the satchel, is tied to the handle.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Codman and Shurtleff Surgical and Dental Instruments
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 058
Image Count:
1
Description:
A leather-covered wooden box with fitted inserts, inside which contain a syringe, attachable needles, and a powdery substance housed inside a corked vial.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
