31 piece surgical instrument kit owned by Dr. John T. Lamar
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- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/160cvdncr5-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- HS-S023_B069 and dams:270452
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Sublocation:
- Box 69
- Call Number:
- HS-S023
About This Item
- Date Created:
- 1850 to 1900
- Format:
- Artifact
- Genre:
- medical equipment
- Description / Abstract:
- Surgical instrument kit used by Dr. John T. Lamar, a member of the 1858 graduating class of the Atlanta Medical College. The kit is in a wooden and brass box with molded instrument compartments lined in red velvet. Includes instruments for amputation (capital bone saw, chain saw, knives, scalpels, tenaculums), trephining (brace trephine with guarded crown, hand trephine, raspatories, elevators), tweezers and forceps, and other surgical tools. Donated to Emory University by Lucius Lamar on March 27, 1942.
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- Subject - Topics:
- Medical instruments and apparatus, Medicine--United States, and Surgeons--United States
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- The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.
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- No Copyright - United States
Emory Libraries provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in its digital collections.
This item is part of:
About This Item
- Date Created:
- 1850 to 1900
- Format:
- Artifact
- Genre:
- medical equipment
- Description / Abstract:
- Surgical instrument kit used by Dr. John T. Lamar, a member of the 1858 graduating class of the Atlanta Medical College. The kit is in a wooden and brass box with molded instrument compartments lined in red velvet. Includes instruments for amputation (capital bone saw, chain saw, knives, scalpels, tenaculums), trephining (brace trephine with guarded crown, hand trephine, raspatories, elevators), tweezers and forceps, and other surgical tools. Donated to Emory University by Lucius Lamar on March 27, 1942.
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Medical instruments and apparatus, Medicine--United States, and Surgeons--United States
Find This Item
- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/160cvdncr5-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- HS-S023_B069 and dams:270452
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Sublocation:
- Box 69
- Call Number:
- HS-S023
Access and Copyright
- Rights Statement:
- The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.
- Rights Status:
- No Copyright - United States
Emory Libraries provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in its digital collections.