Microtome Knife
name: label: maker
content: Wilhelm Walb
notes: label: Description
content: The “W. WALB” inscription on the handle of this microtome knife is that of Wilhelm Walb (ca. 1880-1925), an important German cutler and surgical instrument maker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.042
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.042
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microtome
label: Object Name
content: public health
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (container material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 20 cm x 3 cm x 1 cm; 7 7/8 in x 1 3/16 in x 13/32 in