Uterine Dilator
notes: label: Description
content: Uterine dilator with a “TIEMANN & Co.” inscription. This form was associated with Alexander S. Hunter (1839-1896), a New York physician / obstetrician who, according to an obituary, “invented the Hunter speculum and Hunter forceps, which are in general use by the profession.”
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 79.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Alexander S. Hunter,” New York Times (Feb. 15, 1896), p. 5.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.302606.352
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.352
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dilator
label: Object Name
content: dilator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 28.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 11 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 29.21 cm x 4.7625 cm