Item Description
Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. This is a phenomenal named Surgeon’s bag & tools with an extraordinary story. Few medical men of the Wild West period have as extensive a reputation as that of Doctor George Emory Goodfellow. As a medical practitioner in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Goodfellow treated numerous bullet wounds to both lawmen and outlaws. He recorded several significant medical firsts throughout his career, including performing the first documented laparotomy for treating an abdominal gunshot wound and the first perineal prostatectomy to remove an enlarged prostate. He also pioneered the use of spinal anesthesia and sterile techniques in treating gunshot wounds and is regarded as the first civilian trauma surgeon.
Goodfellow treated Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp after they were wounded in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881. His testimony later helped absolve the Earps and Doc Holliday of murder charges for having shot and killed three outlaw Cowboys during the gunfight. He treated Virgil again when he was maimed in an ambush and rushed to Morgan's side when he was mortally wounded by an assassin.
This spectacular surgeon’s bag is of the period, and is in fair shape given its age. There is a small engraving on the latch which would close the bag, reading:
DR. G.E. GOODFELLOW
The bottom of the bag has a series of stamps which may allude to the bag being used while Goodfellow was with the military during the Spanish-American War.
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The bag contains several period tools, some of which are marked KUEMERLE & KOLBE, a known maker of medical tools from the mid-to-late 19th century. The tools in the kit include:
- Stethoscope
- A small pouch of syringes
- pliers
- Pouch of non-corrosive needle wires for the VIM Stainless Steel Hypodermic Needles. This is within a small case labeled Lilly.
- Tin with VIM Emerald No. 802 and one broken piece. Missing some pieces.
- Tonsillectomy “Guillotine” or Troth.
- Forceps, large and small.
- Retractors
This is a phenomenal bag named to a phenomenal man, one of the most important doctors in American History. Comes ready for further research and display!
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