{"id":3342,"date":"2022-08-26T22:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T22:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/?page_id=3342"},"modified":"2022-10-21T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:19:10","slug":"surgical-instrument-kit-%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/surgical-instrument-kit-%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Instrument Kit\u00a0\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eleven-piece surgical instrument kit<\/strong>
\nUsed by Clarence Arthur Earle until his death in 1937<\/strong>
\nVelvet-lined wooden case contains catlins, scalpels, tenon saw, tenaculums, forceps, and brass screw tourniquet<\/strong>
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Physicians in the early 1900s, including Dr. Clarence Arthur Earle, a country practitioner in Des Plaines, Illinois, often carried medical bags and surgical kits as they traveled to their patients. In many cases, diagnosis and treatment took place at the patient\u2019s home, in a private office, or in the case of the American Civil War, in the field.\u202fThis \u201cmedicine on the move\u201d required doctors to purchase and maintain their own surgical equipment.<\/p>\n

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At the time of Dr. Earle\u2019s practice in the early 1900s, hospitals were primarily charitable institutions but with increased urbanization in the twentieth century, hospitals transformed into prestigious institutions where not only treatment occurred but teaching. As a result, the nature of how physicians practiced and engaged with patients changed as well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

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Consider the items and the context in which they were used. In what ways has medicine evolved? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For more information about the Historical Collections at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library click here<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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