Shepard drain tube
notes: label: Description
content: A tympanostomy tube is used to counteract the symptoms of Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear. This example is a Shepard drain tube, perhaps named for Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the astronaut who had a tube inserted in 1971. Edward W. Stevenson, Jr., the donor, was an otolaryngologist in Birmingham, Al. He probably purchased it from Richards Manufacturing Co., in Memphis.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Edward W. Stevenson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0007.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0007
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0007.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ear tube
label: Object Name
content: otological equipment
label: Object Name
content: ear, implant
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: teflon (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 in x 5 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: packaging: 5 11/16 in x 4 in x 5/16 in; 14.44625 cm x 10.16 cm x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: 2 3/8 in x 2 in x 5/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm x .79375 cm