Breast Implant
notes: label: Description
content: In 1961, in collaboration with the Dow Corning Corporation, two American plastic surgeons Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow, developed a breast prosthesis filled with silicone gel. The first implantation was performed in 1962. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began investigating the safety of implants in 1988.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Breast Cancer
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Cancer
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content: Cancer: Recovery
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content: Cancer: Treatment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0626.02
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0626.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Breast Implant
label: Object Name
content: Breast Implant of Silicone Gel
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 mm x 115 mm x 102 mm; 1 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 11.43 cm