Bone Plate
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the cardboard box reads in part “BONE PLATE, THORNTON, 6 Inch” and “ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT CO., MFGR. / CONTR.” Lawson Thornton (1885-1957) graduated from the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, became interested in orthopedic surgery during World War I, and established a practice in Atlanta, Ga.
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: 2012.0165.269
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.269
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bone plate, thornton
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 7 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 17.78 cm x 2.2225 cm