Microtome Knife
name: label: maker
content: Wilhelm Walb
notes: label: Description
content: The “Wihl. Walb Nacht” inscription in the lid of the case of this microtome knife is that of
label: Description
content: Wilhelm Walb (ca. 1880-1925), an important German cutler and surgical instrument maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0812.15
label: accession number
content: 1981.0812
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0812.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife, Microtome
label: Object Name
content: microtome knife
label: Other Terms
content: Knife, Microtome; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 24.765 cm x 9.8425 cm