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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GETT_31100 |
| From Archive Folder | Civil War Objects from Gettysburg National Militay Park |
| Title | Syringe |
| Date | ca. 1861-1865 |
| Document Type | 360 Object |
| Content Description | Pewter medical syringe with tubular body 3 5/16" long x 3/4" diameter, bottom of tube is rounded with small hole in the center surrounded by five smaller holes arranged in a star-like pattern, opposite end of tube is threaded with a 1" diameter x 3/8" thick screw-on cap, mounted through a hole in the center of the cap is a pewter plunger 4 1/8" long with an oval finger ring 1 3/16" long x 15/16" high, the opposite end of plunger has two flat pewter discs placed 3/8" apart with intervening space wrapped with cording, shaft measures 2 3/8" long between top disc and finger ring, shaft is slightly bent; syringe measures 4 1/2" long with plunger closed and 6 7/8" long when fully extended; outer surface of tube is pitted with some surface loss around the holes, bottom edge of cap is chipped, finger ring is slightly misshaped on one end and scarred; syringe was recovered from a Confederate hospital site at Fredericksburg, VA. |
| Subjects | Civil War Health and Medical |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | Gettysburg National Military Park |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |