Speculum
notes: label: Description
content: This type of vaginal speculum has been known since the middle of the nineteenth century and associated with “Ferguson.” Some attribute it to Sir William Fergusson (1808-77), a prominent surgeon in London. Others to a London instrument dealer. This example is made of glass, the outer wall of which is covered with a layer of tin foil which, in turn, is covered with black varnish.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 52.
label: Description
content: Alban Doran, “Fergus(s)on’s Speculum,” The British Medical Journal (March 11, 1916): 397.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.176
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Speculum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 15.7 cm x 5 cm; 6 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in