Amputation kit

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Description

1 surgical kit ; brass bound wood, 7 pieces ; 5.5 x 11 x 36 cm

Manufactured around 1860

Woods circular amputating knife, amputating scalpel, amputation saw, Petit's screw tourniquet, Lisfranc's double edge amputating knife, metacarpal saw

Provenance

Used by Dr. Huntington of Rochester, VT during the Civil War.

Institution

Dana Medical Library

Document Type

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Note [Digital Version]

Kits WE A527-2015-Dissinger.jpb

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