Septum Knife
notes: label: Description
content: This type of swivel septum lnife was devised by William Lincoln Ballenger (1861-1915), a physician who wrote Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ear (1911, and later), and taught in the medical department of the University of Illinois, in Chicago.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Obituary,” in Journal of Laryngology (Jan. 1918): 32.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Wall
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From R.N. Taylor M.D., thru Mystic Seaport, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1223.137
label: accession number
content: 1977.1223
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1223.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knifes
label: Object Name
content: KnifeBallenger's Swivel Septum Knife
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.4 cm x .8 cm x 18.3 cm; 9/16 in x 5/16 in x 7 3/16 in