Dilator
Dilator
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- Description
- Surgical dilator used during the Civil War by Lt. Col. William Irvin Wolfley, 62nd Ohio Infantry. The “OTTO & REYNDERS” inscription is that of Ferdinand Otto and John Reynders (fl. 1860-1875), surgical and medical instrument makers in New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Dilator
- dilator
- surgical set
- Other Terms
- Dilator; Dilitation; Opthalmic
- maker
- Otto & Reynders
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/4 in;.9525 cm x 9.525 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- MG.112986.01.08
- accession number
- 112986
- catalog number
- 112986.01.08
- M-02999
- Credit Line
- Elizabeth F. Wolfley, Eleanor Wolfley Bisell, Caroline Wolfley Shannon and Elizabeth Wolfley Harman
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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