Object ID Number:
EH101024
Object Name:
Surgical Kit
Date of Manufacture:
– 19th to 20th Century
Manufactured from:
1887
Manufactured to:
1915
Description / History:
Small leather pocket surgical kit. Inside flap reads, "Chas. Lentz & Sons/ 18 N. 11 St./ Philadelphia". Instruments include forceps, double blade bistouries, female and male catheters, and a few unknown small tools. Inside pocket holds suture thread and needles, as well as a hand–made needle packet out of an old bread package. The company or store was based in Allentown, PA suggesting the owner may have lived around there at some point.
Dimensions:
H–1 W–2.75 L–5.75 inches
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