Bezoar
date: label: associated date
content: 1855-12
notes: label: Description
content: A paper label on this bezoar reads “Hair Ball / from stomach of / an ox / Presented by / Joseph T. Smith / Obtained by Surg. / Jonathan Letterman / Ft. Defiance 1855.” Jonathan Letterman (1824-1872) was a surgeon with the U.S. Army who was sometimes known as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine."
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.302606.369
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hair Ball
label: Object Name
content: bezoar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 cm; 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 12.065 cm