Blake's uterine curette
Blake's uterine curette
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- Description
- Blake’s uterine curette is named for John G. Blake (1837-1918), an immigrant from Ireland, graduate of the Harvard Medical School, and physician/obstetrician in Boston.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- curette
- curette, uterine, double-ended
- Other Terms
- Surgery
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 26.9875 cm x 1.5875 cm
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 11/16 in x 5/8 in; 26.67 cm x 1.74625 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- 1977.0808.115
- accession number
- 1977.0808
- catalog number
- 1977.0808.115
- Credit Line
- Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
- subject
- Women's Health
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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