Vaginal Speculum
date: label: Date made
content: 1929
notes: label: Description
content: The “DITTMAR / US / STAINLESS” inscription on this vaginal speculum is that of F. Dittmar & Co., a surgical instrument firm established by Frederick Dittmar (1869-1969) in Philadelphia. By the late 1960s, the firm was trading as Dittmar & Penn.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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.302606.294
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.294
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Speculum
label: Object Name
content: speculum, vaginal
label: Other Terms
content: Speculum; Vaginal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 14 cm x 4 cm x 15 cm; 5 1/2 in x 1 9/16 in x 5 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 6 in x 6 in; 6.0325 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm