Gastroscope, Fiberoptic (prototype)
date: label: Date made
content: 1957 - 1958
name: label: maker
content: American Cytoscope Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Prototype fiberoptic gastroscope developed at the University of Michigan by Basil Hirschowitz (1925-2013), a physician from South Africa; C. Wilbur Peters (1918-1989), a physicist trained at Johns Hopkins University; and Larry Curtiss, a physics student.
label: Description
content: Ref: B. I. Hirschowitz, C. W. Peters, and L. E. Curtiss, “Preliminary report on a long fiberscope for examination of stomach and duodenum,” Medical Bulletin 23 (1957): 178–180.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lawrence E. Curtiss, Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., and Mary Jo B. Peters in memory of C. Wilbur Peters
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0568.01.03
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0568.01.03
label: accession number
content: 1989.0568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gastroscope
label: Object Name
content: gastroscope
label: Other Terms
content: Gastroscope; Endoscopy; Gastroscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, chrome (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 97 cm x 6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 38 3/16 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, extended: 3 in x 2 1/2 in x 38 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 6.35 cm x 97.79 cm