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Amputation Kit
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Title |
Amputation Kit
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Museum |
Country Doctor Museum
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Date |
1800-1899
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Extent |
Length: 40.6" Width: 14" Height: 8.9"
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Medium |
Wooden box/Metal/Fabric/Bone
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Subject |
Surgical instruments
Medical equipment & supplies
Medial aspects of war
Physicians
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Used |
Dr. Gordon
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Owned |
Dr. Gordon
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Description
This American Civil - War era amputation and surgical set consists of a rectangular, wood case with hinged lid and fourteen instruments. Both the lid and the bottom of the case are lined with faded, red velvet with compartments fitted to the instruments. The instruments are a capital saw, a rongeur, a tourniquet, two trephines (one with a brass handle, one with ebony handle), two knives (ebony handles), four pair of tweezers, a director, a lancet, and a Hey’s saw.
Transcripton
This amputation kit, also known as a surgical set, dates back to the Civil War era. The instruments in the kit were used to amputate limbs and perform other surgical procedures. The kit includes two trephines, a variety of knives, an amputation saw, bone nippers, a tourniquet, tweezers, scissors and a hey saw.
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