Surgical Drill
Surgical Drill
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- Description
- The inscription on the motor of this surgical drill reads "C. M. Sorensen Co., Inc. / Long Island City, N.Y. / volts-110A, C. & D.C. / machine No. 2895." The C. M. Sorensen Co., a firm that made apparatus for physicians, was begun by Charles M. Sorensen (1873-1926) and was in business by 1921.
- Ref: “C. M. Sorensen Dies On Business Trip,” Brooklyn Eagle (June 21, 1926), p. 16.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Drill, Surgical
- Other Terms
- Drill, Surgical; Medicine
- maker
- Sorenson
- Measurements
- motor: 9 in x 8 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.1095.08
- accession number
- 1979.1095
- catalog number
- 1979.1095.08
- Credit Line
- Dr. Eugene E. Myer
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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