000004674 001__ 4674 000004674 005__ 20240412103909.0 000004674 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M41V5CBP 000004674 037__ $$aDA 000004674 245__ $$aPost mortem kit 000004674 269__ $$a1900 000004674 336__ $$aStill image 000004674 520__ $$aA post mortem set in a wooden case, measuring 36 x 17.3 x 7 cm. The red-velvet lined case has brass hinges, lock plate, and name plate. The interior is divided into two instrument trays, which hold: 1) three ebony-handled Virchows post mortem knives, 2) rib shears, 3) English pattern hook-and-chain, 4) Virchows hammer with chisel, 5) bone chisel, 12.3 cm in length, 6) rachiotome with curved handle, 7) three suture needles, 8) roll of pink suture thread, 9) Saltierlees amputation saw, with ebony pistol grip, 10) enterotomy scissors, 18.5 cm in length, 11) pointed dissection scissors, 16 cm in length, and 12) curved stopcock tube, 25.8 cm in length. The instruments are in good condition, but the case is in fair condition with veneer damage. The set was donated by Mrs. Hadley, daughter of Joseph McChesney, M.D., in April 1944. 000004674 520__ $$aca. 1900's 000004674 520__ $$aDigital photograph of a post mortem set in a wooden case. The case lid has been opened to reveal the instruments inside. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison. 000004674 520__ $$aMedical Museum Collection, Box 106 000004674 540__ $$fCC BY 000004674 542__ $$fIn Copyright 000004674 650__ $$aSurgical Instruments$$026666 000004674 650__ $$areshoot 000004674 650__ $$aAutopsy$$015253 000004674 650__ $$aDissection$$017946 000004674 650__ $$aSutures$$026677 000004674 650__ $$adissection kits 000004674 7102_ $$aGeorge Tiemann & Co.$$042868 000004674 8564_ $$97e99b967-f099-4011-9b83-64641cfdd9aa$$s45321$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4674/files/15b34547253dc0bff37ed5f705200c27.jpg 000004674 905__ $$a/rest/prod/3n/20/3z/42/3n203z42f 000004674 980__ $$aHistorical Collections and Archives