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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)
Used by (1843 - 1904)
Date1863-65
Mediummahagony, brass, steel, velveteen
Dimensions16 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (41.9 × 16.5 × 11.1 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the descendants of John (Jackie) Taylor: Gwyn Fair Ellis, Willett Taylor Fair, James Taylor Rock, and Kenneth Willett Rock
Object numberPC2002.26.1
DescriptionSurgeon's kit, box and lid with tools assigned individual numbers.

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.
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