Object Details
- Description
- The “REINHARDT & Co / BALTo” inscription on this spring lancet is that of Charles C. Reinhardt, a cutler from Hanover who moved to Baltimore in the late 1830s and became a surgical instrument maker.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- C. C. Reinhardt & Co.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Schrader's Pharmacy, through Harry L. Schrader
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- fabric, velvet (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 2.1 cm x 7 cm x 3.7 cm; 13/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in
- overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm
- Object Name
- spring lancet
- Lancet
- bloodletting
- Other Terms
- Lancet; Bloodletting Instruments; Spring
