Object Details
- Description
- The "Traunichtessticht" inscription on the case of this spring lancet may be translated as “Do not trust, it stabs.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Measurements
- case: 1 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.445 cm
- lancet: 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- Object Name
- lancet, set
- bloodletting
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