Intubation Set
date: label: date made
content: after 1892
name: label: maker
content: Ermold, George
notes: label: Description
content: This set includes an introducer, seven graduated hard rubber intubation tubes with metal rods, and a scale stamped “ERMOLD.” Another inscription reads “PAT. JULY 12. 1892 / PAT. PENDING / ERMOLD. George Ermold (d. 1931) was a surgical instrument maker in New York City who received U.S. Patent 478,582 for a “Larynx-Tube” on July 12, 1892.
label: Description
content: A typed note inside the case reads "Presented by Dr. Benjamin Rich / Intubation Set which / belonged to Dr. Jesse Downey."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.046
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: intubation set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.5 cm x 22.7 cm x 9 cm; 1 3/8 in x 8 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 9 in x 3 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 22.86 cm x 9.525 cm