Surgical Kits : Everything the traveling surgeon needed to remove or repair in one handy case
Object ID Number:
EH102164
Object Name:
Military Pocket Surgery Kit
Manufactured from:
1917
Manufactured to:
1945
Description / History:
Set of 2 military surgery kits manufactured by George Tiemann and Co., New York City. 1 kit contains a complete set of insturments along with sutures and needles. The second kit is missing some of the original instruments.

Each kit is encased in a tan canvas packet with snap closures. The front of each kit reads: POCKET CASE M.D. U.S.N.

The inside lower pocket of each kit contains a complete set of four scapels.

George Tiemann and Company was founded in 1826 and continues to manufacture surgical and other medical instruments today.
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