Hank's Uterine Dilator
name: label: maker
content: J. Sklar Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Hank’s hard rubber uterine dilator is associated with Horace Tracy Hanks (1837-1900), an obstetrician and gynecologist in New York City. The “WWB” inscription on this example probably refers to Walter Willard Boyd (1898-1981), a physician whose children donated this item to the Museum. The "SKLAR" inscription identifies the manufacturer.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 77.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Horace Tracy Hanks,” New York Times (Nov. 20, 1900), p. 9.
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Wall
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Josephine B. Carpenter and Walter L. Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0223.06.26
label: accession number
content: 2000.0223
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0223.06.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dilator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm; 9 21/32 in