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Title	Curved Bistoury
Creator	Unknown
Date	ca. 1860
Subject	Surgery Surgery -- history Surgery -- instrumentation Surgery -- methods
Description	0.25 x 3.75 x 0.75. Cutting tool: Knife: Bistoury. Steel curved bistoury housed in attached brass case. In tortoise shell case.
Digital Collection	Waring Historical Library Artifact Collection
Web Site	http://www.library.musc.edu/page.php?id=692
Holding Institution	Waring Historical Library (MUSC)
Rights	Digital image copyright 2010, the Waring Historical Library. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library.
SC County	Charleston County (S.C.)
SC Region	Lowcountry
Digitization Specifications	Fujifilm FinePixS2Pro, Shutter speed: 1/125 sec, F-stop: f/32.0, Aperture value: f/32, ISO Speed Ratings: 400, Focal Length: 105.0 mm
Date Digital	2009-12-16
Type	Still Image
Format	image/jpeg
Media Type	Images
Resource Identifier	W7
Note	Belonged to John S. Wolff, M.D. (1826-1914), of Laurens County, SC. Given by his great granddaughter, Mrs. Clifford F. Anderson of Greenville, SC in 1976.
CONTENTdm number	587
CONTENTdm file name	588.jpg

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