Mott's retractor
date: label: Date made
content: 1861 - 1864
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann & Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Mott retractor for use in surgical operations was associated with the prominent New York surgeon, Valentine Mott (1785-1865).
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 20.
label: Description
content: “Death of Dr. Valentine Mott,” New York Times (April 27, 1865), p. 4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0858.01.15
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0858.01.15
label: accession number
content: 1991.0858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Retractor
label: Object Name
content: retractor
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Retractor; Grasping and Fixating Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.8 cm x 2.2 cm x 15.6 cm; 2 5/16 in x 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 16.51 cm x 5.715 cm