A doctor’s pocket or field surgical set. A couple of the instruments are stamped “John Birk”, –1876-1900 are the dates pertaining to these instruments–another maker’s stamp is indiscernible,and a third is stamped with a crown and a dollar-sign- like symbol. The druggist’s envelope that is within reads: “Waizenegger & Smith Druggists/321 Jefferson St. Burlington, Iowa.”