Sold for:
$2,489
$2,489
Civil War Surgical and Amputation Kit, the brass-bound, fitted box with vacant brass plaque, two sections of unmarked surgical tools including scalpels, amputation knives, catlins, large, small, and a Hey's saws and other later instruments, lg. 17, dp. 7 in. Note: According to family history, this kit was used by Frederick P. Baxter, who served as a surgeon in the Navy during the Civil War aboard the USS Dakota . A copy of a picture of Dr. Baxter accompanies the lot.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
