Object Details
- Description
- Robert Liston (1794-1847) was a Scottish surgeon noted for his skill and speed in an era before anesthetics, when speed was especially important. A typical Liston knife had a long thin blade. This example has an ebony handle.
- Ref: Robert Liston, Practical Surgery (London, 1837).
- George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 4.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- George Tiemann & Company
- Date made
- 1855 - 1864
- Physical Description
- metal, steel (overall material)
- wood, ebony (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 1.4 cm x 2 cm x 36 cm; 9/16 in x 13/16 in x 14 3/16 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 14 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 36.195 cm
- Object Name
- Knife
- knife
- surgical set
- Other Terms
- Knife; Cutting Tools; Amputation
