Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: A paper tag attached to this item reads “Forceps used by Dr. Cushing in his 200th verified brain tumor. 15 April 1931.” Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, and pioneer of brain surgery. Dr. Walter Willard Boyd (1898-1981) obtained these forceps from Dr. Cushing. His children donated them to the Museum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Walter L. Boyd and Josephine B. Carpenter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0223.03.01
label: accession number
content: 2000.0223
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0223.03.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm; 7 1/16 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in