Case with Needle Holder and Packet of Suturing Needles
THF198688 / Case with Needle Holder and Packet of Suturing Needles
THF198689 / Case with Needle Holder and Packet of Suturing Needles / view
THF198690 / Case with Needle Holder and Packet of Suturing Needles / view
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Artifact Overview
Cases kept medical instruments and equipment secure while veterinarians traveled to treat animals. This leather case, sold by the J.F. Hartz Company of Detroit, Michigan, held needles and suture thread used by veterinarians to close incisions or wounds on livestock and pets.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Case (Container)
Date Made
circa 1940
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Case made by Hospital Import Corp. of New York, New York, and distributed by J. F. Hartz Co. of Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. Surgical needle packaging made by Acufirm Ernst Kratz Gmbh of Berlin, Germany.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
81.64.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Leather
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Cellophane
Color
Black (Color)
Silver (Color)
Gold (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 4.0 in
Length: 0.75 in
Inscriptions
stamped on case:
"ANCHOR BRAND" / Stainless Steel
on label attached to case:
THE J. F. HARTZ CO. / PHYSICIANS, NURSES, / HOSPITAL & SICK ROOM SUPPLIES / DETROIT AND CLEVELAND
on front of packaging:
CHIRURGISCHE NADELN / 1 DUTZEND / No. 343 Grosse 2
on back of packaging:
Shutz Marke / ACUFIRM / Nadeln aus bestern Stahl, / vernickelt und abgezogen.
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