Pelvimeter

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Description:

Herman Livingston Collyer (1857-1923), a New York gynecologist, introduced this type of pelvimenter in 1894. The “P.S.M.CO.” inscription probably refers to the Penn Surgical Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, a firm founded in 1906.

Ref: Herman L. Collyer. “A Pocket Pelvimeter,” Medical Record 46 (1894): 297.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.302606.713Accession Number: 302606Catalog Number: 302606.713

Object Name: Pelvimeter

Physical Description: metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: average spatial: 28.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 11 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in x in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-b06e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1131744

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