Microtome
name: label: maker
content: Charles Lentz & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Microtome with a “Lentz & Sons” inscription on the blade. Charles Lentz (1831-1923) was a German immigrant who became a surgical instrument maker in Philadelphia. The firm, which became Charles Lentz & Son in 1887, enjoyed a reputation for producing sharp edges on microtome blades.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN83534U02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope coll obj
label: Object Name
content: microtome
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 9 5/16 in x 4 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 23.65375 cm x 12.065 cm