Surgical Needle
date: label: date made
content: 1897-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical needle with a “DRAKE & MUELLER” inscription on the handle. John W. Drake and Vincenz Mueller were surgical instrument makers in Chicago who worked together in the late 1890s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William P. Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07301
label: catalog number
content: M-07031
label: accession number
content: 217731
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needle
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1/8 in; 18.7325 cm x 2.8575 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .3175 cm x 18.7325 cm x 2.8575 cm