Tonsillotome
name: label: maker
content: J. Sklar Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: John Sklar (1867-1930) was a Jew from Russia who, after having apprenticed in Germany and England, arrived in the United States in 1885 and established Sklar Surgical Instruments. Many instruments sold by Sklar were actually German-made. The inscriptions on the handle of this tonsillotome read, in part: “Sklar, Germany” and “Pat. 3-18-19, #1297389.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Vincenz Mueller, “Tonsil-Remover,” U.S. Patent 1,297,389 (March 18, 1919), assignor to V. Mueller & Co.
label: Description
content: “John Sklar Dies; Instrument Maker,” New York Times (March 17, 1930), p. 21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1977.0808.024
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tonsilotome
label: Object Name
content: tonsillotome
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 13.97 cm x 16.51 cm