Vaginal Speculum
notes: label: Description
content: Vaginal speculum designed by Edwin Wilbur Higbee (1849-1916), a physician in Northampton, Mass.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edwin W. Higbee, “Improvement in Speculums,” U.S. Patent 167,666 (Sept. 14, 1875).
label: Description
content: Chas. Truax & Co., Price List of Physicians’ Supplies (Chicago, 1890), p. 983.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marion Huber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12772
label: accession number
content: 315330
label: catalog number
content: M-12772
objectType: label: Object Name
content: speculum, vaginal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 15 cm x 5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 5 29/32 in x 1 31/32 in