Dilator
name: label: maker
content: Kolbe & Fanning Numismatics Booksellers
label: maker
content: Kolbe, D. W.
notes: label: Description
content: Uterine dilator with a “D. W. KOLBE / & SON / PHILA.” inscription. Dietrich W. Kolbe (d. 1878) was a German surgical instrument maker who was working in Philadelphia by the mid-1850s. His son, Charles W. Kolbe, continued the business.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.272.01
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.272.01
label: model number
content: 26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dilator
label: Object Name
content: dilator / sound
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Object Name
content: dilator
label: Other Terms
content: Dilator; Uterine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17 cm x 2.8 cm x 1 cm; 6 11/16 in x 1 1/8 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 1 in; .9525 cm x 17.145 cm x 2.54 cm