A mahogany case, lined with a dark red velvet, and containing amputation and trepanning instruments, of which include forceps, gouges, several saws (Hey's, capital, and chain), a trephine and trephine brush, scalpels, a spiral tourniquet, knives, and an osteotome. and An inscription on top of the box reads 'Dr. W. G. Alling. Presented by friends and patients at the State Hospital, New Haven, Conn. Dec. 22nd, 1869'. Dr. Alling was the House Physician of the General Hospital
Clark, A. P. Day, Hilbert F. George Tiemann and Company
Published / Created:
1864-1886
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 096
Image Count:
6
Alternative Title:
Surgical Instruments Set
Description:
An amputation and trephining set housed in a mahogany box lined with dark blue velvet. Included in the set is a bone saw, several scalpels, a metacarpal saw, a pair of bone forceps, additional pairs of forceps, a chisel, a trephine, and a spiral tourniquet.
A wooden box with green velvet-lined fittings that hold the pieces to a trephining set. Included are two trephines, a brush, two Hey's saws, two circular saws, a scalpel, and three tenotomes.
In the beginning, He is considered as God the Saviour
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., Date from: Ao. 87., Done by an anonymous student of Goltzius., Verse below image: Dum nigris egrum prope Mors circumuolat alis, funestamque aciem iam fera iamque parat. Tum me promissis beat et domus omnis adorat, Tum vocat immensum me venerate deum., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, interior; Uroscopy; Medical profession; Surgeons and Surgery; Instruments.
