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Surgical instruments and case
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| 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. |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 28 inches width case 17 inches depth case 7 inches height case |
| Nomenclature | Medical equipment Case (container) Tourniquet Scalpel Needle (piercing tool) |
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Used by: United States Army, 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment (1861-1865) Owned/used by: Leonard, Major William H. M.D. Used in Minnesota, United States Used during Civil War Medicine. Medical Equipment & Supplies. Bags & Cases Medicine. Medical Equipment & Supplies. Surgical Equipment & Supplies Military. 1861-1865 (Civil & Indian Wars). Equipment & Supplies |
| Dates | Use: Not earlier than 1861 - Not later than 1865 |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 6217.A-W |