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Surgeon's Kit with Box and Lid
Surgeon's Kit with Box and Lid
Surgeon's Kit with Box and Lid

Surgeon's Kit with Box and Lid

Manufacturer / Maker (1824/5 - 1878)
Association (1843 - 1904)
Used by (1843 - 1904)
Date1863-65
Mediummahagony, brass, steel, velveteen
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (41.9 x 16.5 x 11.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, From the descendants of John (Jackie) Taylor: Gwyn Fair Ellis; Willett Taylor Fair; James Taylor Rock; and Kenneth Willett Rock
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    Object numberPC2002.26.1
    DescriptionSurgeon's kit, box and lid (with tools assigned individual numbers), mahogany, brass.

    M. L. Amick (1843-1904) was a Union surgeon from Cincinnati who served in the Civil War. Amick received the kit - a type that was used by the U. S. Army during the war - as a gift from a grateful patient.

    A nearly complete set, it is one of the largest and most comprehensive Civil War-era kits in a museum collection. Amick's descendant, Gwyn Fair Ellis, is an Albuquerque resident.
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