| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | medical instrument |
| amputation set |
| 757 |
| Object Number | ABDUA:36872 |
| Other Number | x |
| Other Number Type | old number |
| Brief Description | Professor Dyce Davidson's amputation kit. Wooden, velvet-lined box contains three types of saw: a tenon saw, a hacksaw and blade, a small (broken) handsaw, also a sawchain, two large knives and a small knife, all in stainless steel with black composite handles. |
| Dimensions | L(box): 387 mm W: 120 mm |
| Materials | metal, steel, wood, Ebony/ Ebonite (?) |
| Condition | good |
| Completeness | complete |
| Object Production Date | 1835–1886 |
| Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Aberdeen University Aberdeen Aberdeenshire |
| Associated Person | Davidson, Dyce |
| Field Collector | Ogston, Professor Sir Alexander |
| Publication Note | LEMUR Database |
| Caption | "Amputation kit, used by Dyce Davidson 1876, Professor of Materia Medica at Aberdeen (1878-1886)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Dyce Davidson was Professor of Materia Medica at Aberdeen University Medical School from 1878-1886. Medicine was one of the subjects taught at Aberdeen University, at King's College, at the time it was founded by Bishop Elphinstone in the late 15th century, but it lapsed. It was re-introduced by the Aberdeen Medical Society in 1789 and gradually taken on fully by Marischal College, which was close to the old Aberdeen Infirmary. The Medical School developed greatly in the 19th century. This is Professor Dyce Davidson’s amputation kit, a standard piece of surgeon’s equipment. The wooden, velvet-lined box contains three types of saw: a tenon saw, a hacksaw and blade, a small (broken) handsaw, also a sawchain, two large knives and a small knife, all in stainless steel with black composite handles. It was donated by Sir Alexander Ogston, Professor of Surgery at Aberdeen 1882-1902."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
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| Aquisition Source | University of Aberdeen Surgery Department |