Rectal Speculum

Rectal Speculum

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Description
An anascope is used to examine the anal canal and rectum. This form of the instrument was associated with Louis J. Hirschman (1878-1965), a professor of proctology at Wayne University in Detroit. The “Hartz” inscription is that of J. F. Hartz Co., a medical supply company in Detroit that was established in 1897 by Johannes Frederick Hartz (1863-1944), a German immigrant.
Ref: “New Instruments and Devices,” The Detroit Medical Journal 10 (1910): 279-282.
Louis J. Hirschman, Handbook of Diseases of the Rectum (St. Louis, 1909 and later).
Irving I. Edgar, “Dr. Louis Jacob Hirschman,” Michigan Jewish History 20 (1980): 5-10.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
speculum, rectal
Measurements
overall: 1 7/8 in x 7 in x 2 3/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 17.78 cm x 6.985 cm
overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 4.445 cm x 13.335 cm
ID Number
1996.0290.23
catalog number
1996.0290.23
accession number
1996.0290
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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