Scoliometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Brass scoliometer in a wooden case, with “HAWKSLEY / LONDON” inscription in the lid. Scoliometers measure the curvature of spines. Charles Hawksley established a surgical instrument shop in Oxford Street, London, in 1869. The firm later became Hawksley & Sons.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0402.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0402.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scoliometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; wood; textile (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 12 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 32.385 cm x 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.5 cm x 11.3 cm x 3 cm; 12 25/32 in x 4 7/16 in x 1 3/16 in