Pessary
notes: label: Description
content: Clear pessary in a carboard box with “CURVLITE / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / SEAMLESS / NON-IRRITATING / Crystal Clear Plastic / Smith Pessary / MASTERCRAFT PLASTICS CO., Inc. / Jamaica, N.Y.” inscriptions. The word Curvlite was introduced to commerce in 1954. The Smith pessary was associated with Albert Holmes Smith (1835-1885), an obstetrician in Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: Ref: “In Memoriam: Albert Holmes Smith,” The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children 19 (1886): 143-149.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0014.09
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0014.09
label: accession number
content: 1993.0014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pessary
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.4 cm x 4.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 4 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.445 cm