Speir's Ear Curette
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1874
name: label: maker
content: Ford, William F.
notes: label: Description
content: This form of ear curette was associated with Samuel Fleet Speir (1838-1895), a surgeon in Brooklyn.
label: Description
content: Ref: S. Fleet Speir, “Aids for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Certain Diseases,” American Observer (1871): 359-362.
label: Description
content: “Samuel Fleet Speir, M.D.,” Medical Record 48 (Dec. 28, 1895): 917-
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Public Health Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0349.09.079
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0349.09.079
label: accession number
content: 1980.0349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Currette
label: Object Name
content: Curette
label: Object Name
content: curette
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 18.415 cm x 1.905 cm