Percussion Mallet
notes: label: Description
content: Medical practitioners use percussion (or reflex) hammers to test deep tendon reflexes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.321687.07
label: catalog number
content: 321687.07
label: accession number
content: 321687
objectType: label: Object Name
content: percussing mallet
label: Object Name
content: hammer, percussing
label: Object Name
content: diagnostic instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.59258 cm x 16.1925 cm x 6.35 cm