Gerbode's Modified Buford Rib Spreader
date: label: date made
content: ca 1983
name: label: maker
content: Narco Scientific. Pilling Division
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Rib spreaders come in several sizes for adults and children. This Gerbode's Modified Buford Rib Spreader would be used on an adult. It is made of non-glare stainless steel and comes with two sets of detachable blades. Reference: Cardiovascular,Thoracic and General Surgical Instruments, (catalogue). Pilling Company, 1979: page 58.
label: Description
content: Gerbode's Modified Buford Rib Spreader was designed by Thomas H. Burford (1907-1977), a thoracic surgeon in St. Louis, and Frank Gerbode (1907-1984), a surgeon in California.
label: Description
content: Ref: Pilling Co., Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General Surgery Instruments (Philadelphia, 1979), p. 58.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Fort Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Medical Procedure- Surgery
label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pilling Weck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0365.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0365
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0365.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rib spreader
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Blade; Grasping and Fixating Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: spreader: 3 in x 11 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 29.21 cm x 22.225 cm
label: Measurements
content: extra blades: 2 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm