A surgical instrument/amputation kit, including a capital saw, a Hey's saw, a pair of bone forceps, two types of tourniquets, a tenaculum, a scalpel, and varying sizes of amputating knives
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A surgical field kit, of which opens flat with each half closed off. Opening the halves reveal a number of surgical instruments; each with a drawing and a label identifying what they are. Most of the instruments appear to be in the kit, including both a curved and straight bistoury, bullet forceps, a chisel, bone forceps, an elevator, scalpels, an aneurism needle, scissors, a director and probe, a lancet point, a catheter, dressing forceps, and several haemostatic forceps. An emblem on the outer box reads "Medical Dep't USA".
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A folding leather wallet containing several surgical instruments, including a spatula, several forceps, lancets, bullet scoop, catheter, probe, and needles.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Haven, Samuel Rush, MD (1827-1890), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
An amputation set, housed in a wooden box lined with red velvet. Included in the set are two types of saws, a capital saw and a lifting-back saw. In addition there are a few longer knives and a capital saw, a tenaculum, and a pair of bone forceps. There appear to be some empty spaces within the kit, indicating some instruments may been missing.
A leather-bound wooden box, lined with green cloth. The top layer of the box includes several trephining instruments with wooden handles. The bottom layer consists of several lithotomy instruments.
