Hirschowitz Gastroduodenal Fiberscope
name: label: maker
content: American Cytoscope Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Basil Hirschowitz (1926-2013) was born in South Africa, attended medical school there, and spent a few years in England before moving to the United States. In 1957, working with C. Wilbur Peters and Lawrence E. Curtiss at the University of Michigan, Dr. Hirschowitz developed the first fully flexible fiber optic endoscope (aka gastroduo-denal fluoroscope). In 1960, now a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he unveiled a commercial model of this instrument developed in partnership with ACMI. A metal tag in the lid of the box for this example reads, in part: “HIRSHOWITZ GASTRO-DUODENAL FIBERSCOPE / American Cytoscope Makers, Inc.”
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
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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: 1989.0568.02
label: accession number
content: 1989.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0568.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: Air Pump
label: Object Name
content: gastroscope, fiberoptic
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Air Pump; Endoscopy; Accessory; Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, walnut (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.7 cm x 43 cm x 37.3 cm; 3 7/16 in x 16 15/16 in x 14 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 84.5 cm x 5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 33 1/4 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 16 7/8 in x 15 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 42.8625 cm x 39.6875 cm