Case for Surgical Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This case for surgical instruments belonged to William Hallock Park (1863-1939), a physician, specialist in the field of antitoxins, and director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
label: Description
content: Ref: “DR. W. H. PARK DIES, HEALTH AUTHORITY,” New York Times (April 7, 1939), p. 21.
label: Description
content: Wade W. Oliver, The Man Who Lived for Tomorrow: The Biography of William Hallock Park, M.D. (New York, 1942).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.002.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.002.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.3 cm x 30.3 cm x 20.3 cm; 5 1/4 in x 11 15/16 in x 8 in