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Medical Kit

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Medical Kit

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Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Civil War period surgeons Pocket ‘Field’ cased medical kit, circa 1860, with five medical tools included. Items included in the kit are: a pair of scissors, tweezers, a suture needle (and string), and two scalpels, one marked “Arnold & Sons.” All items are housed in their mahogany case, which measures 7 x 2.25. A small Field Kit such as this would have allowed a military doctor to practice in the emergency travel and field conditions for smaller medical issues, versus carrying his larger, more cumbersome full surgical kit. The interior of the case has two small sectional teeth missing on the areas holding the scalpel tools (likely removed to make room for a larger tool), overall the kit is in sound shape, with expected age wear to metal tools. A nice piece of original Civil War medical history, as seen referenced in numerous books on the topic.