Civil War-era brass screw tourniquet used to control bleeding in a limb or extremity
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- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/781jh9w12v-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- dams:238988 and HS-S023_B002
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Sublocation:
- Box 2
- Call Number:
- HS-S023
About This Item
- Date Created:
- 1850 to 1865
- Format:
- Artifact
- Genre:
- medical equipment
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 6.5 X 5 X 1.5
- Description / Abstract:
- Brass screw tourniquet salvaged from the wreck of the New Greece, a European blockade runner used during the Civil War to supply the Confederacy. The ship sank off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Donated to Emory University by Gilbert McLemore in honor of Dr. John D. Martin, Jr.
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- Subject - Topics:
- Surgeons--United States, Medical instruments and apparatus, and Medicine--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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This item is part of:
About This Item
- Date Created:
- 1850 to 1865
- Format:
- Artifact
- Genre:
- medical equipment
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 6.5 X 5 X 1.5
- Description / Abstract:
- Brass screw tourniquet salvaged from the wreck of the New Greece, a European blockade runner used during the Civil War to supply the Confederacy. The ship sank off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Donated to Emory University by Gilbert McLemore in honor of Dr. John D. Martin, Jr.
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Surgeons--United States, Medical instruments and apparatus, and Medicine--United States
Find This Item
- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/781jh9w12v-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- dams:238988 and HS-S023_B002
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Sublocation:
- Box 2
- 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.