Object Details
- Associated Name
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Description
- On April 15, Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes directed an autopsy on Lincoln’s body in the White House. The name of the surgeon who performed the autopsy was not recorded. The instruments he used were given to Alfred D. Wilson, a young doctor who assisted in the procedure. They remained in Wilson’s family until they were donated to the Medical Society of the County of Kings in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935.
- Gift of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, 1983
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Medical Society of the County of Kings
- by 1865
- ID Number
- COLL.MEDKIT.005002
- accession number
- 1983.0051
- Object Name
- medical kit
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall with lid open: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm x 19.05 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Medicine
- general subject association
- National Symbols
- Record ID
- nmah_1359567
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-2276-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
