Lockjaw Speculum - from the Surgical Set of Dr. William Park of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
date: label: date made
content: early 1900s
notes: label: Description
content: Lockjaw Forceps, ca early 1900s, sometimes sold as Gross' Lockjaw Forceps. The short ends of the tool (right side) were put between the teeth of a lockjaw victim. Squeezing the handles (left side) of the forceps ratcheted the short ends apart, forcing open the jaws of the tetanus victim. This instrument was from a set of instruments purportedly used by Dr. William Park of the City of New York Department of Health.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
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content: Antibody Initiative: Tetanus
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.002.34
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.002.34
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: speculum, lockjaw
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 8.1 cm x 19.5 cm; 19/32 in x 3 3/16 in x 7 11/16 in