Surgical Reflector with Leather Strap
notes: label: Description
content: Metal head reflector that might be worn by surgeons. Inscriptions read “JETTER & SCHEERER” and “CHIRURG / GERMANY”. Gottfried Jetter (1838-1903) was a German surgical instrument maker who trained in Paris; in 1887, having been joined by his brothers-in-law, William and Karl Christian Scheerer, the firm became Jetter & Scheerer.
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: 2017.0184.036
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.036
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: reflector
label: Object Name
content: public health
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 66 cm x 9 cm; 25 31/32 in x 3 17/32 in