Surgical Stapler
notes: label: Description
content: Stainless steel blood vessel stapler set with a "Made in the U.S.S.R." inscription, in a wooden case with green felt lining. The set contains the stapler, steel case of staples, three forceps, toothbrush, two round plastic holders of staples, one square plastic case of staples. In 1956, this set was given to Charles G. Rob (1913-2001), a British surgeon who moved to the United States in 1960 to teach at the University of Rochester Medical School. Rob later taught at East Carolina University Medical School, and then at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences at the Naval Medical Hospital in Bethesda, Md.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Surgeon Charles Rob, 88, Dies; Author, Med School Professor,” Washington Post (July 29, 2001), p. C6A.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Soviet Union
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0626.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0626.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical stapler, blood vessel, set
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (stapler material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 24.4475 cm x 16.51 cm