Kit, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Kit, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 2014.050.03
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Surgical kit used by Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) of Canterbury, NH, a surgeon in the War of 1812. Folded square red leather pouch. Leather strap feeds through two loops. Contains nine corked glass vials, with a slot for a tenth. Each vial contains a white or beige powdery substance.
- Material:
- Leather
Glass
Cork - Provenance:
- Descended from Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) to the donor's husband, Philip S. Harper Jr. (1923-2008).
Joseph Morrill Harper was born in Limerick, Maine, and went to school in Fryeburg. He started practicing medicine in Sanbornton, NH in 1810 and moved to Canterbury in 1811. He was a surgeon in the War of 1812. He served in the NH legislature, as ex officio Governor in 1831, and in the U.S. Congress, 1831-35. He died in Canterbury. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Harriet P. Harper
- Subjects:
- Medical equipment and supplies, War of 1812, Doctors, Physicians
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