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NH 69573 Surgical Instruments

Photo #: NH 69573 Surgical Instruments
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Title: Surgical Instruments
Description: Used by Dr. Archimides Smith, Surgeon on the U.S. Brig Lawrence, during the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. These instruments were given to Dr. Smith by General William Henry Harrison and donated to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology by W.H. Smith. They include, at top: Hacksaw type bone saw. In the middle group: 6½ forecept clamp (above, with - from left to right - below it): 7½ bone scraper; 7 knife; 7½ knife; 9 knife; artery clamp. In the lower left: 13 curved knife. In lower center, top to bottom): 6¼ suture hook; 7½ scapel; 7 scapel; 5¼ scapel. In the lower right: 14½ curved knife. Courtesy of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69573
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