| c. 1829 Geo. Tiemann, N.Y. Note the
pistol trigger style, which is very European. This is one of
the earliest Tiemann style of saw. |
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| c. 1829 Rose. Note the hook on the
handle of the saw. Similar to English styles of the period. Knife
blade of top knife is curved down, blunt tipped and the handles are large and heavy. |
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| c. 1840 Wocher, Ohio. Note
the round handle saw butt. Similar to English and French styles of the
period. Knife blades are curved down, with blunt tips, handles are heavy and large. |
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| c. 1840 Gemrig. Note the split butt
of the saw handle. The knife blades are down curved, blunt
tipped, and very heavy
handled. Common into the 1850 time frame. |
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| c. 1846 Goulding. Note this saw has
a brass frame and handle with the split butt handle, but is similar in design to the Rose
above. Transitional knives, some slightly curved, most are
straighter than earlier blades. |
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| c. 1850's Tiemann. "D"
shaped handle on the saw. Note the vertical
slots in the blade for bone dust relief. Knife blades are now
straight, no curves and the handles are much smaller. |
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| c.1850's Parker 'D' style handles. The
upper saw is by Martin, Albany, N.Y., and the lower is by Tiemann,
New York City, N.Y. The upper is the later design, c. 1855-60,
without the vertical slots, the lower ivory handled 'D' saw is earlier,
c. 1845-55. |
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| c. 1864 Tiemann. Saw
handle is typical of military and civilian issue during and after the Civil
War. This form of pistol handle and blade was common by various
makers into the 1880's. The knife blades are long and slim, no
longer thick, curved or heavy. |
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| c. 1860's Tuefel.
More of a early European or French style of handle with the pistol trigger
feature. Knives are long, slightly
wider blades, and straight. The bone forceps are the earlier Satterlee
design from the 1860's. |
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| c. 1861- 64 Hernstein, N.Y.
Typical Civil War military style set by a supplier to the Union
Hospital Department. |
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| c. 1861- 64 Hernstein.
Smaller Civil War military set made for the Union Hospital
Department. Note the open frame of the saw and removable
blade. Two blades are shown. Satterlee style bone
forceps. |
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| c. 1861- 64 Gemrig U. S.
Army Hosp. Dept. marked open bow saw |
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| c. 1861- 64 Kolbe.
Another style of open bow frame saw with removable blade.
Clearly a military issue set by a major Civil War maker. |
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| c. 1863 Tiemann Civil War issue Hosp.
Dept. set. Note the circle in front of the saw handle, which
shows up after the War into the 1870's. |
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| c. 1861 Wade & Ford, N.Y.
Civilian issue set made during early days of the Civil War.
Handle is English style, similar to Hutchinson. The bone
forceps are the later Liston type. Amputation knives are still 'beefy' and
heavy size. |
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| c. 1876 Gemrig. Long
straight knifes. Hog leg handled saw. Liston bone
forceps. |
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| c. 1870's Shepard and
Smith, Liston bone forceps, hog-leg handled saw, large straight
amputation knives. The syle of the frame is similar to a
Goulding brass frame saw, but Shepard and Smith NEVER produced
surgical instruments during the Civil War. NEVER! |
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| c. 1880 Aloe and
Hernstein. Note the Civil War influence on the design of the
saw (circle in front of the handle), which can be deceiving. Metal is plated.
Liston bone forceps. |
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| c. 1883 Sharp and Smith.
Again that Civil War looking saw with the pistol grip and circle
forward of the handle was made into the late part of the century.
Deceptive if you are just looking at the saw and not the label in
the set which accurately dates the set. Sharp and Smith were
NEVER instrument makers during the Civil War. Since
sterilization began in the 1870's, one has to wonder why this
obviously non-sterilization set was was produced into the 1880's. |
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| c. 1880's Helmold.
An earlier looking shape to the saw, but again the maker label and
the other instruments indicate a later date. Without the label
address for Helmold, this would be a difficult set to date because
of all the Civil War left-over designed instruments. |
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