Tiemann's
Military Surgery Set List of Instruments
These lists are just the military set lists featured in
Tiemann's 1889 catalog (from my personal original catalog). This is by
no means all the configurations of their various standard sets, but
represents the type of instruments found in military sets during and after the Civil
War. Most of these sets are modifications of the lists provided to
Tiemann during the War by the Medical or Hospital Department surgeons for
contract production sets, rather than custom sets for or by a given surgeon.
Below is a detailed list of set specifications by the Army Medical Department
during the War.
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Instrument sets specified by the
U.S. Army Medical Department during the Civil War
Source: "The Medical and Surgical
History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) Part III, Volume II,
Chapter XIV.--The Medical Staff and Materia Chirugica"
(1)
The Capital Operating Case
contained: 2 amputating knives
(one long, one medium), 2 catlings (one long, one medium), 4 scalpels, 1
cartilage knife, 1 capital saw (long, bow, two blades), 1 metacarpal
saw, 1 chain saw, 1 Hey's saw, 1 trephine (conical), 1 trephine (small
crown), 1 bone forceps (Liston's long, sharp, spring handle), 1 bone
forceps (broad edged, slightly carved, spring handle), 1 bone forceps
(gnawing, spring handle), 1 bone forceps (sequestrum, spring handle), 1
artery forceps, 1 artery needle, 1 artery needle key, 12 surgeon's
needles, 1 tourniquet screw with pad, 1 tenaculum, 1 scissors,
1 chisel, 1 gouge, 1 mallet, 4 drills (with one handle), 2 retractors, 1
raspatory, 1 elevator, 1 brush, 12 yards suture wire (iron), ¼ oz.
ligature silk. 1/8 oz. wax, 1 mahogany case (brass bound, slide catch),
1 leather pouch.
(2) The Minor Operating
Case contained: 1
amputating knife, 3 scalpels, 2 bistouries, 1 hernia knife, 1
finger knife, 1 artery forceps, 1 ball forceps, 1 gullet forceps, 1
dressing forceps, 1 dissection forceps, 1 artery needle, 1
artery needle key, 12 surgeon's needles, 1 tenaculum, 2 scissors, 1
trocar and canula. 1 Belloc's canula, 1 bullet probe, 1 director, 1
cutting pliers (small), 6 steel bougies (silvered, double
curve, Nos. 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 11 and 12), 3
silver catheters (Nos. 3, 6, and 9), 6 gum-elastic catheters (Nos. 1, 3,
5, 7, 9, and 11), 24 suture pins (silvered), 6 yards suture wire (iron),
¼ oz. ligature silk, 1/8 oz. wax, 1 mahogany case (brass bound, slide
catch), 1 leather pouch.
(3) The Pocket Case
contained: 1 scalpel, 3
bistouries, 1 tenotome, 1 gum lancet, 2 thumb lancets, 1 razor (small),
1 artery forceps, 1 dressing forceps, 1 artery needle, 6 surgeon's
needles, 1 exploring needle, 1 tenaculum, 1 scissors, 1
director, 3 probes, 1 caustic holder, 1 silver catheter (compound), 6
yards suture wire (iron), ¼ oz. ligature silk, 1/8 oz. wax, 1 Russia
leather case.
(4) The Field Case
contained: 2 amputating knives
(one long, one medium), 2 catlings (one long, one medium), 3
scalpels, 2 bistouries, 1 hernia knife, 1 finger knife, 1 capital
saw (long, bow, two blades), 1 metacarpal saw, 1 Hey's saw, 1 trephine
(conical), I bone forceps (broad edged, slightly curved, spring handle),
1 bone forceps (sequestrum, spring handle), 1 artery forceps, 1
ball forceps, 1 dressing forceps, 1 dissection forceps, 1 artery needle,
1 artery needle key, 12 surgeon's needles, I tourniquet screw with pad,
1 tenaculum, 2 scissors, 2 retractors, 1 trocar and canula, 1 raspatory,
1 elevator, 1 brush, 1 bullet probe, 1 director, 6 steel bougies,
silvered, double curve (Nos. 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and
10, 11 and 12), 3 silver catheters (Nos. 3, 6, and 9), 6 gum-elastic
catheters (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11), 12 yards suture wire (iron), ¼ oz.
ligature silk, ½ oz. wax, 1 mahogany case (brass bound, slide catch), 1
leather pinch; pocket case the same as allowed to staff surgeons.
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