Surgical Drill
name: label: maker
content: Sorenson
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the motor of this surgical drill reads "C. M. Sorensen Co., Inc. / Long Island City, N.Y. / volts-110A, C. & D.C. / machine No. 2895." The C. M. Sorensen Co., a firm that made apparatus for physicians, was begun by Charles M. Sorensen (1873-1926) and was in business by 1921.
label: Description
content: Ref: “C. M. Sorensen Dies On Business Trip,” Brooklyn Eagle (June 21, 1926), p. 16.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Eugene E. Myer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1095.08
label: accession number
content: 1979.1095
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1095.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drill, Surgical
label: Other Terms
content: Drill, Surgical; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: motor: 9 in x 8 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm