Esophagoscope, "Autoscop nach Dr. A. Kirstein"
date: label: date made
content: after 1895
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jackson, Chevalier
label: Associated Name
content: W. A. Hirschmann
label: maker
content: W. A. Hirschmann
notes: label: Description
content: The “Autoscop / nach / Dr. A. Kirstein” inscription on the outside of the case refers to Alfred Kirstein (1863-1922), a physician who, in April 1895, performed the first direct laryngoscopy in Berlin, using an esophagoscope he had modified for this purpose. Kirstein called his instrument an autoscope.
label: Description
content: The “W. A. Hirschmann / BERLIN N.” inscription on the inside of the case refers to a medical instrument maker in Berlin who began in business in 1862. The firm showed an assortment of electrotherapeutical instruments at the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.
label: Description
content: This instrument belonged to Chevalier Quixote Jackson, MD (1865-1958), an American physician famous for his contributions to laryngology.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin
topic: label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chevalier Jackson Collection, from Ms. Joan Bugby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300428.295
label: catalog number
content: 300428.295
label: accession number
content: 300428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: endoscope
label: Object Name
content: otoscope
label: Object Name
content: endoscopes
label: Object Name
content: otoscopes
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 11 1/8 in x 7 in; 5.08 cm x 28.2575 cm x 17.78 cm