Makers of
Pre-1870
American Surgical Sets
American Surgical Instrument Makers
Dr. Michael Echols
Please note: Below is a
selected list of surgery instrument makers from the 1800's. The list
does not include all American makers. See
Edmonson
for a complete list of all makers and addresses. If you are looking for European
makers, the best resource is Bennion's book on Antique Instruments. Also
see the list of Civil War Makers.
Example: This is the same Tiemann
company, but different time frames due to the address number on the maker
label
If you are
trying to identify a set, look at this article:
Procedure for
identification of a surgical set
This is only a
partial list of American makers and the
date ranges are not specific for a given address. If you are
trying to claim a given set was made in the Civil War, it must be at an
address which preceded or occurred during the War. Makers had many
different addresses and associations during their time in business and
the addresses or variations in names are the key to determination of the
date of manufacture. You have to consult
Edmonson's book for
exact dates and locations.
These dates are for the entire time the maker was shown to be in business.
Underlined names are in this collection and there is more information
under those names.
Instrument maker name, location of business, Date range when in business
(The maker full address is needed to determine the exact
date) |
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Aloe: St Louis, 1876-97
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Aloe &
Hernstein, St. Louis, 1879-1880
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Anderson, James, N.Y. 1820's
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Arnold F. and Daily: Baltimore,
1837-1900
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Arnold, Wm.: Cleveland, 1856-57
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Autenrieth, William: Cincinnati, 1867-1900
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Brinkerhoff (Brinckerhoff): New York City, 1851-1869
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Browne,
Phillip: Philadelphia, 1818
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Cartwright (Cart): Pittsburgh,
1847-1864
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Cassell: Baltimore, 1823-1834
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Caswell: New York, 1861-1900
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Chevalier: New York, 1835-1872
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Codman & Shurtleff: Boston, 1851-1900
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Degenhardt: Chicago, 1853-1880
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Dickson: Albany, NY, 1833-1830
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Jackson, Samuel: Baltimore, MD,
1833-1874
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Fenton: Cleveland/Columbus,
1845-1886
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Ford: New York,
1853-1890
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Fosbrook: New York, 1787-1819
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Eberle: Philadelphia, 1798-1814
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Friese: Baltimore, 1845-1863
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Gemrig:
Pennsylvania, 1840-1900
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Goulding: New York, 1837-1900
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Helmold: Pennsylvania, 1851-1897
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Helmolt: Pennsylvania, 1843-1852
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Hernstein: New York, 1843-1896
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Jackson: Baltimore,
1833-1874
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Kern: Pennsylvania,
1837-1893
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Klott and Wolf: Ohio, 1855
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Kolbe' : Pennsylvania,
1851-1854
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Kuemerle: Pennsylvania,
1838-1900
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Lentz,
Charles: Pennsylvania, 1863-1900
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Leslie, A. M.: St. Louis,
1865-1885
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Martin,
Albany, New York, 1843-1900
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Otto: New York, 1853-1900
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Owens: Albany, New York, 1840
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Phelps: Boston, 1820-1863
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Pintard: New York, 1810-1850
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Rees: Cincinnati, 1832-1900
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Reynders: New York, 1853-1900
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Rienhardt: Baltimore/South
Carolina, 1837-1879
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Rogers: Philadelphia, 1840
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Rorer: Philadelphia, 1780's 01860's
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Rose and Sellers: New York,
1822-1845
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Rose: New York, 1829-1845
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Schively: Pennsylvania, 1785-1855
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Shurtleff: Boston, 1851-1900
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Spangenberg & Hawley: Albany, New
York, 1833-1900
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Teufel:
Pennsylvania, 1857-1900
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Tiencken: New York, 1863-1872
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Tiemann: New York, 1826-1900
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Wade and Ford: New
York, 1860-1866
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Wiegand and Snowden,
Philadelphia, 1824-1855
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Wocher:
Cincinnati, 1840-1900
Surgical instrument makers
during the Civil War: Tiemann,
Hernstein, Otto, Reynders, Gemrig, Kern, Snowden, Kolbe, Helmold, Kuemerle,
Leypoldt, Teufel, Wirz, Wiegand, Snowden, Codman, Shurtleff, Rees, Wade,
Ford, Wocher, Brinkerhoff
Note: the location and
dates above are approximate since the location and dates of the business
may have been owned by various people over the years. This list is
generalized and based on Edmonson's book on American Surgical Instrument Makers.
CAUTION!!! The address
of the maker and names will be proof that a given set was made before, during, or
after the Civil War.
If you need your set
evaluated,
e-mail Dr.
Echols We'll try to help you date and value your set
There are hundreds of
makers, both European and American. If you have a Civil War era or
earlier surgical set you wish
to identify, please contact Michael Echols
and the name can be looked up for you if it is pre-1870.
All of the above
information from: American
Surgical Instruments: An
Illustrated History of their Manufacture and a Directory of Instrument Makers
to 1900 by James M. Edmonson, Ph.D., Curator, Dittrick Museum of Medical
History, Cleveland Medical Library Association and Case Western Reserve
University.
The Edmonson
Surgical Instrument Makers text is
available ($125) from Norman Publishing, San Francisco, USA
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