Cabin-style doctor's bag with original contents, 1880s-1930s
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- Artifact-box 162, Item hwilba0019, Artifact-box 163, Item hwilba0019
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Brown leather bag with key. Handle is broken. Contents: medical instruments, hypodermic kits, needle and suture boxes, syringe cases in leather compacts.
Used by Dr. Ellen E. Brown, Chester, Pennsylvania, in her practice. Given to the donor by Dr. John Longhead, Duke Ob/Gyn House Staff in 1960s.
- Acquisition information:
- Received from: George D. Wilbanks, MD and Evelyn R. Wilbanks, PhD
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