Object Details
- Charriere, Joseph
- Description
- Small case with a gilt inscription that reads "FABT D'INSTS DE CHIRURGIE / CHARRIER / 6 Rue de l'Ecole de Medecin." The contents include two steel lancets, one marked "Charrier"; 4 bone-handled lancets marked "Rodier A Paris"; one bone-handled lancet marked "B. S. Codman & Co., Boston"; one scissors marked "Charrier A Paris"; one stiletto; one rectal director; two irrigating tubes; six surgical needles; one coil of horsehair; one coil of wire; three coils of heavy cotton thread; and two coils of fine silk thread. This case was used by Dr. Jonathan S. Prout (1833-1928), a Medical Officer who served the 26th Missouri Infantry, U.S. Army, during the Civil War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles Du Bois
- ID Number
- MG.M-03098
- catalog number
- M-03098
- accession number
- 116253
- Object Name
- pocket case
- surgical set
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/4 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; 15.875 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1437881
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c5a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
