Speculum
notes: label: Description
content: Ferguson’s vaginal speculum made of glass, the outer wall of which is covered with a layer of tin foil which, in turn, is covered with black varnish. The form was devised by the Scottish surgeon, Sir William Fergusson (1808-1877).
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles Truax, <i>The Mechanics of Surgery</i> (Chicago, 1899), pp. 439-440.
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.302606.175
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Speculum
label: Object Name
content: speculum, vaginal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.5 cm x 4.6 cm; 4 15/16 in x 1 13/16 in