Murphy Buttons
notes: label: Description
content: A set of Murphy buttons consists of two hollow cylinders used for intestinal anastomosis. The form was devised by John Benjamin Murphy (1857-1916), an American surgeon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Ralph F. Traver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11613
label: catalog number
content: M-11613
label: accession number
content: 267864
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Connectors, Intestinal, Batch of
label: Object Name
content: connectors, intestinal, batch of
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Connectors, Intestinal, Batch of; Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, largest: 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, smallest: 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 2.2225 cm