[Pocket surgical set]

Title:: [Pocket surgical set]
Description:: Set of mixed late 19th century surgical instruments manufactured by Caswell & Mazard Co., Otto & Sons, W.F. Ford, Kny & Scheerer and Otto Helmond; Surgical set. Set includes: 1 dressing spring forceps, marked Caswell & Mazard Co. on one side and W.F.Ford N.Y. on the other, 2 exploring needles, 1 polypus dressing and needle forceps, 1 scissors, 1 scalpel and straight bistoury combined in one handle with slide catch, 1 Gross's ear spoon and hook, 1 Gum lancet and tenaculum marked Otto & Sons, 1 director and ear spoon, Parker's Compound catheter (4 pieces), 1 artery forceps with slide catch which can be used as needle holder, 1 sharp pointed curved bistoury and tenotome with slide catch with Kny and Scheerer trade mark, 1 exploring needle in a reversible bone case, 5 suture needles with pure surgical silk (in paper envelope from Otto Helmold Surgical Instruments, Pittsburgh PA)
Creator:: Caswell & Mazard Co.; W.F. Ford, F.G. Otto and Sons; Otto Helmond Surgical Instruments; Kny-Scheerer Company
Date:: 1897
Format:: 13 x 7.5 x 3 cm
Materials:: steel
ebony
leather
velvet
Subject:: Surgical instruments and apparatus
Type:: medical device
Tag:: Surgical instruments