Tonsillotome
name: label: maker
content: J. Sklar Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: John Sklar (1867-1930) was a Jew from Russia who, after having apprenticed in Germany and England, arrived in the United States in 1885 and established Sklar Surgical Instruments. Many Sklar instruments were actually German-made. The inscription on the handle of this tonsillotome reads “Sklar, Germany.”
label: Description
content: “John Sklar Dies; Instrument Maker,” New York Times (March 17, 1930), p. 21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0808.023
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tonsilotome
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Object Name
content: tonsillotome
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 1.7 cm; 8 7/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 20.6375 cm x 14.9225 cm