Bistoury
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1874
name: label: maker
content: Ford, William F.
notes: label: Description
content: Curved steel knife, or bistoury, with “FORD” and “SHEPARD & DUDLEY, N.Y.” inscriptions on the ivory handle. William Fraser Ford (1820-1897) was a machinist from England who arrived in New York in 1848 and learned to make surgical instruments. His firm became Wade & Ford in 1861, and William F. Ford & Co. after the Civil War. In 1870, he began working under the auspices of the businessmen, Shepard & Dudley.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Public Health Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0349.09.006
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0349.09.006
label: accession number
content: 1980.0349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 13.6525 cm x 1.905 cm