Folding Pocket General Surgical Set
Description(Physical Details): Surgical Pocket Set, including 14 instruments for general surgery. The case is black calfskin leather with a latch closure, divided into four separate compartments, and is lined with red velvet and satin with insewn pockets for holding the instruments in place. The included instruments are a tenaculum, forceps, probe, scalpels, all composed of nickel plated steel and with the folding instruments having tortoise shell handles with retractable blades. A total of 14 instruments are included in this set, out of 20 slots provided for instruments. There is a decorative gold leaf embossing on the outer cover. Set does not appear to be strictly organic.
Manufacturer: George Tiemann Co.
Date of Manufacture: 1870-1880
Rights: www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html
Collection: Medical Artifacts Collection
Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/mar,64
Folding Pocket General Surgical Set
Description(Physical Details): Surgical Pocket Set, including 14 instruments for general surgery. The case is black calfskin leather with a latch closure, divided into four separate compartments, and is lined with red velvet and satin with insewn pockets for holding the instruments in place. The included instruments are a tenaculum, forceps, probe, scalpels, all composed of nickel plated steel and with the folding instruments having tortoise shell handles with retractable blades. A total of 14 instruments are included in this set, out of 20 slots provided for instruments. There is a decorative gold leaf embossing on the outer cover. Set does not appear to be strictly organic.
Manufacturer: George Tiemann Co.
Date of Manufacture: 1870-1880
Rights: www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html
Collection: Medical Artifacts Collection
Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/mar,64