Bistoury
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- Description
- Curved steel knife, or bistoury, with “FORD” and “SHEPARD & DUDLEY, N.Y.” inscriptions on the ivory handle. William Fraser Ford (1820-1897) was a machinist from England who arrived in New York in 1848 and learned to make surgical instruments. His firm became Wade & Ford in 1861, and William F. Ford & Co. after the Civil War. In 1870, he began working under the auspices of the businessmen, Shepard & Dudley.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- knife
- surgical set
- date made
- 1871-1874
- maker
- Ford, William F.
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 3/4 in;.635 cm x 13.6525 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0349.09.006
- catalog number
- 1980.0349.09.006
- accession number
- 1980.0349
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Public Health Service
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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