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	Amputation and trephine field set, circa 1861-1865 Title Amputation and trephine field set, circa 1861-1865 Date of original image or object 1861-1865? Description of content Amputation and trephine field set (two trays) in a wooden container lined with red cloth. Corners are trimmed with brass. Container lid has a small brass plate attached to it that is not engraved. The case contains 10 instruments, marked Snowden, Phila., used by Dr. John Patton Mitchell during the Civil War. The instruments have textured handles, possibly wood or hard rubber. Notes Case is in poor condition; right upper corner of the case bottom has a piece missing. Key is possibly missing from lock (Expert Dr. Michael Echols indicates military sets did not have keys). Case has four empty slots for instruments. This set was owned by Dr. John Patton Mitchell (1834-1906), who served as a captain in the Confederate army. He received his medical degree in 1858 from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and moved to Clarksville, Arkansas in 1859 where he practiced until 1899. His son, John Willis, also practiced medicine and operated Mitchell Drug Store in Clarksville until his death in 1909. Media type Physical object Dimensions of item and/or duplicates 16.5 x 7.25 x 3 Relation to other resources Information about Dr. John Patton Mitchell in HRC Biography file. Repository of item Historical Research Center; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Location of item Watson 9 Identifier A1996-10a.jpg Subject (Library of Congress/MeSH) Amputation-instrumentation Trephine Subject (local) Medical instruments & apparatus Civil War medicine Johnson County Digital display format Image Copyright statement http://libcontentdm.uams.edu/slideshow/contentdm%20information%20page.htm#Copyright
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