TIC Kit used by Dr. Ben Carson

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This TIC Kit containing cannulae in various sizes was used by Dr. Ben Carson. The components of the TIC Kit are stored in a square stainless steel storage case (.1) with a perforated lid and base and metal handles on each side. The case opens at the front with a swivel latch and the top is hinged at the back. Inside the case the base is painted blue and there are gray and blue rubber and metal inserts for holding the components in place. The top of the lid has fragments of medical tape in several places. The word "TIC" is handwritten in large letters across the center of the lid. Text in handwritten black ink along the top edge of the lid reads "APPLiER-NEURO-[illegible]". The TIC Kit includes nineteen (19) cannulae in varying sizes painted different shades of green. There are four (4) 10mm cannulae (.3, .7, .14, .

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