Vaginal Speculum
notes: label: Description
content: A double articulated vaginal speculum with two folding handles and an adjustment rod. The handle attached to a top retractor has an oval- shaped indentation on its exterior when unfolded. The hinge for this handle is composed of a bar with a bolt on one side. A handle attached to the bottom retractor has ridges on its exterior. An adjustable rod attaches at the same hinge as the bottom handle. Screw ridges are present on the rod with an adjustor. A detached bulb with a side screw opening rests above the adjustor. Retractors are attached to each other with screw hinges. The speculum was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Gynecology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.29
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: speculum, vaginal
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 13.97 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, maximum (exhibit or expanded): 15 cm x 16 cm x 6 cm; 5 29/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, minimum (shipping, storage, or collapsed): 14 in x 6 cm x 6 cm; 35.56 cm x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in