Object Details
- George Tiemann and Company
- Description (Brief)
- This dissecting set was issued by the United States Hospital Department. There is an octagonal brass medallion engraved, U. S. A./Hosp. Dept. in the lid. The set contains three ivory handled scalpels, one steel scalpel, one steel blade and a universal handle, one tool which may have been used as a chisel but is not original to the set, three hooks to chains on a ring, one pair of straight scissors, and one blowpipe. The original chisel and forceps are missing.
- The black and gold oval label on the interior of the case reads G. TIEMANN & CO./MANUFACTURERS/OF/SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS/63 CHATHAM ST N.Y..
- The Tiemann Company was founded by George Tiemann (1793-1868), who immigrated to the United States in 1826 from Germany. The company resided at this address from 1855 to 1863.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Katherine Maxwell and Dr. Charles Frederick Frey
- 1861-1864
- ID Number
- 1978.0605.02
- catalog number
- 1978.0605.02
- accession number
- 1978.0605
- Object Name
- surgical set
- dissecting set
- Other Terms
- Surgical Set
- Physical Description
- mahogany (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- velvet (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 23.8125 cm x 9.525 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Civil War Surgical Sets
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Surgery
- Surgical instruments
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1055989
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-c81a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
