A rare and unusual
military trepanning set by H. Hernstein, New York City, N.Y. This is
an earlier, c. 1861 issue, as it is marked with a trade label indicating
just H. Hernstein, N.Y. with the 393 Broadway address. The label also
indicates it is U. S. Army Hosp. Dept. issue. Set is marked 'USA'.
There is a sales list on the back of the partition. The set is 100%
complete. It is key locked, not sliding latches as would be expected
for most military field sets, but is again, marked as U.S. Army Hosp. Dept.
Hermann Hernstein surgical instruments
1843: 3
Chambers
1844: Elizabeth cor. Hester
1845-48: 7 Hague
1850: no listing
1851-52: 68 Duane
1853-54: 81 Duane
1855-57: 81 Duane and 393 Broadway
1858: 81 Duane, 131 Mercer, and 393 Broadway
*
1859-61: 131 Mercer and 393
Broadway
Hermann Hernstein & Son (Hermann and Albert L. Hernstein) 1862-65:
131 Mercer and 393 Broadway
Hermann Hernstein & Son & Co. 1865:
2 Liberty and 393 Broadway
Hermann Hernstein & Co. 1866-67:
2 Liberty and 393 Broadway
Reference:
Edmonson
The set is engraved on the cartouche
with " U S A" and the label indicates the last year Hernstein would have
used this label, which is the first year of the War. The label also
indicates the set was produced under contract for the U. S. Army Hosp. Dept.
