Object Details
- George Tiemann and Company
- Description
- The vaccinating lancet in this set, designed for giving smallpox vaccines by scarification, was devised by the Scottish physician, Thomas Graham Weir (1812-1896). According to a notice published in 1860, this instrument “has the merits of simplicity and convenience in a marked degree.” This was owned by Enoch T. Winter (d. 1871), a Yale graduate (class of 1845), and a physician in Harlem, N.Y.
- Ref: Viator, Letter from Edinburgh, in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 62 (1860): 337-340, on 340.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances M. Cosine
- mid-1800s
- used date
- 1845-1870
- ID Number
- MG.M-02225
- accession number
- 95819
- catalog number
- M-02225
- Object Name
- pocket case
- surgical set
- Other Terms
- Pocket Case; Surgical Set; General Surgery
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- tortoise shell (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.7 cm x 18 cm x 3 cm; 3 13/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 1 3/16 in
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.5725 cm
- lancet/vacc, open as displayed: 1 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 6.35 cm x .3175 cm
- lancet/vacc, closed: 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.0325 cm x .3175 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
- Exhibition
- First Do No Harm
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Surgery
- Record ID
- nmah_1057004
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-574a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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