Object Details
- Description
- Bloodletting is one of medicines oldest therapies. Hundreds of devices have been devised for removing blood from the body beginning with lancets chiseled from flint. This device is a spring lancet with a steel blade, handle or spring, and a round trigger button. As the handle is pulled back the iron cock locks the blade in place. When the button is depressed the blade is released. The spring lancet is housed in a wooden case covered in leather and lined with chamois.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 19th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0989
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 1077
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0989.01
- 1991.0664.0989.02
- Object Name
- spring lancet
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- chamois (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.1 cm x 7.1 cm x 3.7 cm; 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Davis, Audrey B., and Toby Appel. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Bloodletting
- Record ID
- nmah_993812
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-0e05-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
