Dr. Charles Gordon's surgeon's kit
This set of surgical instruments, made by George Teimann and Sons in 1845, belonging to Dr. Charles Gordon (1809-1872) can be found at the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Boston. It contains instruments for general surgery, amputating, trepanning and a set of ophthalmic instruments.
Photo by Luca Ambrosio (August 2016), main text by Laura Ferro and Filippo Cucinella (January 2017)
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- Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation official website , Boston 2016.