The set is Civil War production by
Geo. Tiemann, N.Y. The 63 Chatham address on the maker label is
correct for a Civil War issue set.
63 Chatham
St., New-York, would date the manufacture of this set between 1855 to
1864. (Tiemann Catalog)
George Tiemann cutler
1826-32: 35 Chatham Street
1833-55: 63 Chatham Street (manufacturer of scissors and surgical
instruments beginning in 1841)
George Tiemann & Co. (George Tiemann, Frederick A. Stohlmann, and Edward
Pfarre) surgical instruments
1855-63/64: 63 Chatham and 44 Eldridge
1863/64-71: 67 Chatham and 44 Eldridge
(George Tiemann died 26 September 1868; succeeded by Stohlmann and pfarre;
factory built at 81 & 83 Boerum, Brooklyn in 1871-72)
1872-86: 67 Chatham and 107 E. 28th (the latter site bore the name
Stohlmann, pfarre & Co.; in 1882 Stohlmann and Pfarre were joined in
Tiemann & Co. by their sons, C. Frederick Stohlmann, Louis G. Pfarre,
and Julius A. pfarre)
1886-1900: 107 Park Row
Reference:
Edmonson
A list of the original instruments is shown on a label which is glued to
the backside of the partition. The mahogany case (17 x 3 x 6 in. )
is brass reinforced with brass screws and military latches. There
is no "U. S. Army Hospital Dept. markings on the instruments or case,
but since the bone forceps are missing, that may account for that fact.
It may also be the set was made for the Army Medical Dept. during the
War.
This is a genuine Civil War military Tiemann
set owned by a Civil War documented surgeon. Surgeon's who
came from State Regiments, could have owned their personal set and taken it
with them when mustered into the regular Army. It is suspected that is
the case with this set as it is marked for the surgeon and is from early in
the Civil War years.
Engraved: E. S. Gale
Dr. James S. Gale,
Surgeon, Orwell, Vermont, 60th Infantry New York
Commissioned Nov 11, 1861; discharged Jan
17, 1863
Military latches with screws in the top
of the lid
Tiemann's 63 Chatham St. address during
the first years of the Civil War
Itemized list of
instruments for this set on the backside of the partition
Instruments (original) present:
Capital bone saw
Three amputation knives
Tourniquet
One tenaculeum retractor
One artery forceps clamp
One extra saw blade
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Instruments missing:
Bone ronguer (forceps)
photos
Finger or metacarpal saw
One amputation knife
Two scalpels
One tenaculeum
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