Case for Cervical Straightener
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions in this instrument case read “Dr. W. Molesworth's Cervical Straightener” and “Price $10.00 Discount 20 percent. / Address Dr. W. MOLESWORTH, 654 Sixth Ave., N.Y.” The form was on the market by 1887.
label: Description
content: Ref: William Molesworth, “Improvement in Dilators for Medical Purposes,” U.S. Patent 157,343 (Dec. 1, 1874).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.302606.179.01
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.179.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.7 cm x 19.5 cm x 4.3 cm; 1 1/16 in x 7 11/16 in x 1 11/16 in