Leiter's Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Josef Leiter, a leading surgical instrument maker in Vienna, Austria, designed this type of apparatus for applying heat or cold to parts of the body. This example came from the Surgical Set of Dr. William Park of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
label: Description
content: Ref: Josef Leiter, “Device for Applying Heat or Cold to the Body,” U.S. Patent 341,584 (May 11, 1886).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.002.57
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.002.57
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
label: patent number
content: 341,584
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: heating or cooling apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 13.1 cm x 8.2 cm; 5/16 in x 5 5/32 in x 3 7/32 in