Surgical Set, Ophthalmological
name: label: user
content: Wolfley, William Irvin
label: maker
content: Otto & Reynders
notes: label: Description
content: Two wood boxes, each containing eight ophthalmological tools with ivory handles and “OTTO & REYNDERS” inscriptions. This belonged to William Irvin Wolfley (1838-1892), a physician who served as a Surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War. Ferdinand Otto and John Reynders (fl. 1860-1875) made and sold surgical and medical instruments in New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Elizabeth F. Wolfley, et. al.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03130.02
label: catalog number
content: M-03130.02
label: accession number
content: 116996
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Instruments, Surgical, Eye, Set of
label: Object Name
content: instruments, surgical, eye
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Instruments, Surgical, Eye, Set of; Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, each box: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: both boxes as stored: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 11.43 cm