Gastroscope

Description:

Rigid gastroscope in a wooden box, with a "Georg Wolf / Berlin N.W. 6" inscription in the box. Georg Wolf (1873-1938) was a German medical instrument maker known particularly for his gastroscopes.

Maker: Wolf, Georg

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin

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Credit Line: From Jerome Weiss, M.D.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-14715Catalog Number: M-14715Accession Number: 299454

Object Name: surgical tool coll objectendoscopegastroscope

Measurements: overall: 31 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; x 79.0575 cm x 3.175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-c505-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1377586

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