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Object Name |
Kit, Surgical |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00889, a-i |
Description |
The surgical kit comes in small trifold leather case (.889) with a design pressed into the exterior of the leather case. The case is lined with a red velvet material with five striped elastic loops to hold the instruments. Stamped on the case flap is the maker's name, "G. TIEMANN & CO." Instruments include tortoise shell instruments on one side, four metal implements in the middle, and a small compartment on the other side. Instruments are: metal foreign body probe (a); metal director or suture needle, perhaps for body probe (b); metal, unknown, screw into one another, each end has two holes at bottom (c); metal, unknown (d); tortoise-shell double scalpel (e); tortoise-shell travel tenanculum/lancet (f); tortoise-shell double scalpel, travel (g); rusty curved needle wrapped in thread (h); paper with two rusty threaded needles stuck in it (i). |
Dimensions |
W-2.25 L-4 inches |
Owned |
Franklin Brevard Shuford |
Owner Regiment |
Chimborazo Hospital |
Made |
G. Tiemann & Co., New York City, New York, USA |
Provenance |
Dr. Franklin Brevard Shuford carried and used this small surgical kit. He was an Assistant Surgeon at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia from 1861-1865. |
People |
Shuford, Franklin Brevard |
Search Terms |
Chimborazo Hospital Richmond hospitals Richmond, Virginia |
Subjects |
hospitals Medical aspects of war Medical care Medical equipment & supplies Medical personnel Surgeons Surgery Surgical instruments |