Microtome Knife
name: label: maker
content: Wilhelm Walb
notes: label: Description
content: The “Wilhelm Walb / Heidelberg” inscription in the lid of the case of this microtome knife is that of an important German cutler and surgical instrument maker, fl. 1880-1925.
label: Location
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
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: 2017.0184.043
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.043
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microtome
label: Object Name
content: public health
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: oilcloth (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm; 6 11/16 in