Intubation Kit Used by Dr. Samuel Brusilow to Care for Diphtheria Patients
date: label: Date made
content: after 1892
name: label: maker
content: Ermold, George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This kit was used by Dr. Samuel Brusilow when he was the house officer caring for diphtheria patients at an infectious disease hospital in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1920. The kit contains: 7 hard rubber intubation tubes with metal obturators and strings attached to each; 1 intubation tube scale (1 - 12 years); 1 Introducer; 1 intubation tube extractor; 1 mouth gag.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: Diphtheria
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Michael Brusilow, M.D. and Saul Brusilow, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0128.02
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0128.02
label: accession number
content: 2001.0128
objectType: label: Object Name
content: intubation set
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hard rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 23 cm x 9 cm; 1 3/8 in x 9 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, case: 2 5/8 in x 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm