Object Details
- Description
- Surgical set with a “J. R. GEMRIG” label in the lid, and a “Dr. C. C. Lee” inscription on a brass plate. Charles Carroll Lee (1839-1893) was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School who served as an assistant surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War, and later moved to New York City. Jacob Gemrig was a German-American surgical instrument maker in Philadelphia.
- Ref: “Charles Carroll Lee,” New York Times (May 12, 1893), p. 4.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Gemrig, Jacob H.
- date made
- 1866-1880
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marilyn Gould
- Physical Description
- wood, rosewood (overall material)
- fabric, velvet (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- wood, ebony (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.2 cm x 41.9 cm x 18.8 cm; 4 in x 16 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in
- Object Name
- Amputation Set
- Other Terms
- Amputation Set; surgical set
