Uterine Dilator
notes: label: Description
content: This uterine dilator resembles the powerful one introduced in the 1880s by William Goodell (1829-1894), Professor of Gynecology in the University of Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: Ref: William Goodell, Lessons in Gynecology (Philadelphia, 1887), p. 195.
label: Description
content: Charles Truax, The Mechanics of Surgery (Chicago, 1899), p. 458.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.305
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dilator
label: Object Name
content: dilator, uterine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 33 cm x 10.5 cm x 6 cm; 13 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 33.655 cm x 11.43 cm