Surgeon with Scalpel and Equipment

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.111

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DescriptionOne sixth plate daguerreotype, ca. 1850, showing a doctor holding a scalpel. Next to his arm on a cloth-draped table is a surgeon's kit. There are also several vials and glass bottles, a medical spatula, two pairs of tweezers, a mortar and pestle, two human bones, a human skull, a medical book and a flaming Bunsen burner. Housed in a full leather case with detached top.

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