Killian Needle
notes: label: Description
content: This type of surgical needle was designed by Gustav Killian (1860-1921), a German physician sometimes termed the father of bronchoscopy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From R.N. Taylor M.D., thru Mystic Seaport, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1223.122
label: accession number
content: 1977.1223
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1223.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needle
label: Object Name
content: needle, kilban's
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Object Name
content: needle, Killan's
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 in x 5/8 in; 17.145 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 in; 1.5875 cm x 19.05 cm x 10.16 cm