Mouth Speculum
notes: label: Description
content: William John Cameron established the Cameron Surgical Specialty Co. in Chicago in 1915. By 1919 the firm was advertising Cameron’s Oralite, an illuminated, collapsible tongue depressor. This item seems to be part of that instrument.
label: Description
content: Ref: William J. Cameron, “Retractor,” U.S. Patent 1,388,170 (Aug. 23, 1921).
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: 1996.0290.26
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0290.26
label: accession number
content: 1996.0290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: speculum
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 4 11/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 11.98245 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, folded: 1 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 14.28902 cm x 3.175 cm