University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
General Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
1976.6.29
Description
Small leather case with two sections, each with a flap on either side and one large flap at the top inscribed with the name "Dr. W. L. Herriman"; there are leather loops in both main sections containing small instruments with tortoiseshell handles; there is darker leather stitching around the edges…
Small leather case with two sections, each with a flap on either side and one large flap at the top inscribed with the name "Dr. W. L. Herriman"; there are leather loops in both main sections containing small instruments with tortoiseshell handles; there is darker leather stitching around the edges of the case.
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. J. Hannah of Toronto; Dr. Weston L. Herriman.
Dates
1850
1900
circa 1850-1900
Material
leather: brown
tortoiseshell: brown
metal: grey
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-17
Condition Remarks
#2: leather is stiff.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
UHN artefact files;
Research Facts
This artefact is part of a set of surgical instruments belonging to Dr. Weston L. Herriman, who was one of the first nine students who graduated in 1855 from the newly formed School of Medicine at the Church of Scotland-affiliated University of Queen's College (1854, Kingston, Ont.). The nine senior students had transferred from the Anglican Upper Canada School of Medicine (Toronto) to the new school at Queen's.