Uterine Dilator
notes: label: Description
content: This form of uterine dilator is associated with William H. Wathen (1846-1913), a physician/surgeon in Louisville, Ky., and professor of gynecology at the University of Louisville. The handles that are bent down, the blades that are short and sharply corrugated, and a threaded cross bar that extends from one handle to the other.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles Truax, The Mechanics of Surgery (Chicago, 1899), p. 458.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0808.030
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.030
objectType: label: Object Name
content: uterine dilators
label: Object Name
content: uterine dilator
label: Object Name
content: dilator
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 12 1/8 in; 8.09625 cm x 8.5725 cm x 30.7975 cm