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This lancet was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Lancets such as this one were used during bloodletting, or phlebotomy, a practice once thought to have beneficial results to one's health. The popularity of bloodletting began to decline in the mid-1800s and fell out of favor by the early twentieth century. The site was the location of a Pony Express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other outbuildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1857-1900
Item Number: 509143
Call Number: 14WH316-7415 3 1/16" x 11/16"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509143
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Medical & Psychological
Places - Counties - Washington
Places - Historic sites - Hollenberg Pony Express Station
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Oregon-California Trail
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