Syringe
date: label: date made
content: after 1885
label: associated dates
content: 1885 06 02 / 1885 06 02
notes: label: Description
content: Dr. Molesworth's Combined Acme Dilator and Intra Uterine Syringe, with “PAT'D JUNE 2, 1885” stamped on the shaft. William Molesworth (1830-1898) lived in Brooklyn, N.Y.
label: Description
content: Ref: William Molesworth, “Improvement in Dilators for Medical Purposes,” U.S. Patent 157,343 (July 12, 1874).
label: Description
content: William Molesworth, “Syringe,” U.S. Patent 319,296 (June 2, 1885).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
title: label: Title
content: Dilator and Uterine Syringe
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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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.302606.438
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: dialator and intra uterine syringe
label: Object Name
content: dialators, vaginal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, greenish (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber, hard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel(?) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3 cm x 26 cm x 7.6 cm; 1 3/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 26.035 cm x 7.9375 cm