Myeloscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: American Cytoscope Co.
notes: label: Description
content: A myeloscope is an ultrafine flexible endoscope designed for examining spines. This example was made according to the specifications of J. Lawrence Pool (1906-2004), a physician who, at the time of his death, was Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons and former Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Neurological Institute of New York of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. A plate on the inside of cover reads "AMERICAN CYTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC. / MANUFACTURERS AND PATENTEES OF / DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS / 450 WHITLOCK AVE. NEW YORK, U.S.A."
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Lawrence Pool, “Direct Visualization of Dorsal Nerve Roots of the Cauda Equina By Means of A Myeloscope,” Archive of Neural Psych. 39 (1938):1308-1312.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. J. Lawrence Pool
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0248.01
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0248.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.0248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: myeloscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 24.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 9 21/32 in x 5 23/32 in