Photo #: NH 69573
Surgical Instruments
Used by Dr. Archimides Smith, Surgeon on the U.S. Brig Lawrence,
during the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. These instruments
were given to Dr. Smith by General William Henry Harrison and
donated to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology by W.H. Smith.
They include, at top: Hacksaw type bone saw.
In the middle group: 6½" forecept clamp (above, with
- from left to right - below it): 7½" bone scraper;
7" knife; 7½" knife; 9" knife; artery clamp.
In the lower left: 13" curved knife. In lower center, top
to bottom): 6¼" suture hook; 7½" scapel;
7" scapel; 5¼" scapel. In the lower right: 14½"
curved knife.
Courtesy of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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