A leather wallet, lined with a blue fabric, containing seven different instruments, including a pair of angled forceps, an exploring director (manufactured by Hermann); a pair of slide-catch forceps and two small scalpels with wooden handles (manufactured by Tiemann); a pair of spring-levered forceps (manufactured by Caswell, Hazard, and Company), a double-bladed pocket instrument (manufactured by Codman and Shurtleff). Additionally, a carboard bobbin of Chinese silk (produced by Tsatlee) and a small, additional leather wallet accompany the piece.
Clement, D. H. (Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT) Jacob H. Gemrig
Published / Created:
1840-1860
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 024
Image Count:
3
Description:
A wooden box, lined with velvet and secured with two hook latches. Inside can be found three scalpels of varying sizes and with bone handles, a retractor hook—also featuring a bone handle, an all-metal scalpel, a metal probe, a pair of scissors, and a pair of needle forceps. The manufacturer's label, J. H. Gemrig of Philadelphia, PA, is glued to the bottom of the box.
A Lentz's Compact Operating Case, No. 10, Style A, as seen on page 45 of the "Charles Lentz and Sons' Illustrated Catalogue and Price List". The kit includes, among other things, several surgical instruments, including scalpels, a saw, a tourniquet, as well as a trepanning set.
A surgical instrument/amputation kit, including a capital saw, a Hey's saw, a pair of bone forceps, two types of tourniquets, a tenaculum, a scalpel, and varying sizes of amputating knives
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.