Hoffman Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Raoul Hoffman (1881-1972) was an orthopedic surgeon in Geneva, Switzerland who devised a “fixator” to treat broken bones without necessarily opening the fracture site to reposition the bone ends.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Washington Adventist Hospital
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0246.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0246
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0246.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apparatus, Setting, Bone
label: Other Terms
content: Apparatus, Setting, Bone; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 68 cm x 26 cm; 8 7/8 in x 26 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 26 5/8 in x 11 in; 26.67 cm x 67.6275 cm x 27.94 cm