Noyes Alligator Forceps

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Description:

The Noyes Alligator forceps, designed for extracting items from noses, is named for Henry Dewey Noyes (1832-1900), a professor of ophthalmology and otology at Bellevue Hospital in New York. The inscriptions on one side of this example read “M-F” and “STAINLESS” while those on the other read “MISDOM-FRANK” and “GERMANY.”

Date Made: about 1950

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany

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Credit Line: Julius Lempert, M.D., Lempert Institute of Otology

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-09857Catalog Number: M-09857Accession Number: 227302

Object Name: Forceps, Alligatorforceps, alligatorsurgical instrumentOther Terms: Forceps, Alligator; Surgery

Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 9.525 cm x 11.43 cmoverall: 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; .3175 cm x 14.2875 cm x 5.3975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5532-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_724138

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