{"id":1029,"date":"2014-07-23T22:02:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/dittrick\/files\/2014\/07\/springlancet2.jpg"},"modified":"2014-07-23T22:02:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:02:52","slug":"l0057483-automatic-lancet-cased-europe-1801-1851","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/dittrick\/2014\/07\/24\/the-spring-lancet-a-bloodstaind-faithful-friend\/l0057483-automatic-lancet-cased-europe-1801-1851\/","title":{"rendered":""},"author":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2.jpg'><img width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-204x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-768x1132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-453x668.jpg 453w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-500x737.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images<br \/>\nimages@wellcome.ac.uk<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/wellcomeimages.org<br \/>\nLancets were used in bloodletting, a practice once carried out to treat a wide range of diseases and medical conditions. This type of lancet works by the blade being swiftly released to cut into a vein by means of an automatic spring mechanism. Much depended on the skill and experience of the operator in determining the depth of the cut.<\/p>\n<p>The main body of the lancet is made of brass, but the double-sided blade is made of a stronger, finer metal. It is likely that this lancet would have been used on a number of patients without any effective form of sterilisation.<\/p>\n<p>maker: Unknown maker<\/p>\n<p>Place made: Europe<br \/>\nmade: 1801-1851 Published:  &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2.jpg'><img width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-204x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-768x1132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-453x668.jpg 453w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/07\/25104654\/springlancet2-500x737.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Science Museum, London. 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