Lithomeldor
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for William A. Dudley, “Apparatus for Removing Calculi,” U.S. Patent 30,471 (Oct. 23, 1860). The inscription in the lid reads “DR. W. A. DUDLEY’S / LITHOMELDOR / FOR DISSOLVING AND REMOVING HUMAN CALCULI / WITHOUT THE USE OF THE KNIFE. PETERSBURG, VA.” William A. Dudley (1830-1902) was a physician in Petersburg, Va., and a Unionist during the Civil War.
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.M-04183
label: catalog number
content: M-04183
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 30,471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Calcium Removal
label: Object Name
content: lithomeldor
label: Object Name
content: lithomeldor, patent model
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Kit, Calcium Removal; Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 26.3525 cm x 9.2075 cm