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Lyda King bandage scissors

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Title

Lyda King bandage scissors

Description

Lyda King (class of 1913) entered nursing school after the death of her husband Joseph King in 1910. These bandage scissors are among the personal items used by King during her wartime nursing service with the Johns Hopkins Base Hospital Unit No. 18 in France. The name Lyda is engraved on inner left handle. Willms is on outer right handle.

Creator

Charles Willms Surgical Instrument Co. (Baltimore, MD)

Date

circa 1917-1919

Format

metal scissors

Identifier

Artifact 8212A

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Original Format

metal scissors