Surgical instruments and case

Titles: Surgical instruments and case (Supplied title)

Description: Civil War surgeon's kit containing twenty-one surgical instruments in a walnut case with brass fittings. The kit was used by Surgeon William H. Leonard, M.D. of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment. The instruments have steel hardware and checkered ebony handles. Contents include: two bone saws; forceps; scalpel; bone nippers; tourniquet with brass compress and red canvas strap; flexible saw blade with linked teeth and detachable handles; surgical wire; two brass and steel trapanning tools or scarificators with a detachable handle; and an envelope containing eight suture needles.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1861 - Not later than 1865 (Civil War) (Use)

Creation

• used by: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
• owned/used by: Leonard, William Huntingdon

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 6217.A-W

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 7 inches height (6217.A, case)
• 28 inches width (6217.A, case)
• 17 inches depth (6217.A, case)

Subjects

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