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000004719 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4794336
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000004719 245__ $$aSurgical kit in wood case
000004719 269__ $$a1860
000004719 336__ $$aStill image
000004719 520__ $$aca. 1860's
000004719 520__ $$aMedical Museum Collection, Shelf 4C6
000004719 520__ $$aA Civil War-era surgical kit in a wood case, given by Miss L. McKay through C.J. Smith, M.D, in April 1944. The case originally belonged to W.C. McKay, M.D., and has his nameplate. It is in good condition, although the set is missing some of the original instruments. The burgundy velvet-lined case measures 40 x 17 x 9.5 cm and has brass ornamentation. Two of the instrument trays are removable. The set contains: 1) large ivory-handled curved trocar, 2) metal bone chisel, 3) tweezer forceps, 4) ivory-handled Heys cranial saw, 5) ivory-handled metacarpal saw, 6) nasal speculum, 7) tweezer forceps with T-tip, 8) bullet forceps, 23 cm in length, 9) tracheal tube, 10) tissue scissors with comb teeth, 11) three ivory-handled amputation knives, 12) ivory trephine handle, 13) two brass trephines, 14) tourniquet with a brass buckle, 15) ten ivory-handled minor surgery knives, 16) ivory-handled needle probe, 17) ivory-handled tenaculum, 18) periosteal elevator and raspatory, 19) bullet forceps, 20) small ivory-handled hook knife, 21) ivory instrument handle, unspecified, 22) ebony-handled throat coin probe, 23) tenaculum forceps with double points, 24) ivory-handled amputation saw with pistol grip, 25) ebony elevator, and 26) ivory-handled probe forceps.
000004719 520__ $$aDigital photograph of a Civil War-era surgical kit in a wood case. The burgundy velvet-lined case has been set on a gray counter, and opened to reveal the instruments inside. Two instrument trays have been removed from the case and placed on the counter to the left.
000004719 540__ $$fCC BY
000004719 542__ $$fIn Copyright
000004719 650__ $$aAmerican Civil War$$035999
000004719 650__ $$aHistory$$020253
000004719 650__ $$aunited states 
000004719 650__ $$aSurgical Instruments$$026666
000004719 7102_ $$aGeorge Tiemann & Co.$$042868
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000004719 980__ $$aHistorical Collections and Archives