Oesophagoscope
name: label: maker
content: Mueller, V.
notes: label: Description
content: An esophagoscope (aka oesophagoscope) is used to examine the inside of an esophagus. This example was made by V. Mueller & Co., manufacturers of surgical instruments. This Chicago firm, begun in 1895 by a German immigrant named Vinzenz Mueller, became a subsidiary of the American Hospital Supply Corp., in 1955.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0808.141
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: proctoscope
label: Object Name
content: endoscope
label: Object Name
content: oesophagoscope
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 6 in; x 38.1 cm x 15.24 cm