Uterine Dilator
name: label: maker
content: Snowden and Brother
notes: label: Description
content: Uterine dilator with ebony handles made by Snowden & Brother, a surgical instrument firm in Philadelphia that was active ca. 1855-1878. This probably belonged to Clarence Leidy (1873-1926), a surgeon in Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.277
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dilator
label: Object Name
content: dilator, uterine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 30 cm x 7.7 cm x 7 cm; 11 13/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 28.575 cm x 8.89 cm