Uterine Dilator
Uterine Dilator
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- Description
- Washington Atlee (1808-1878), a Philadelphia physician, described a uterine dilator of this sort in 1871.
- Ref: Washington Atlee, “The Uterine Dilator,” American Journal of Medical Science (1871).
- J. M. Toner, Biographical Sketch of Washington L. Atlee, M.D. (Lancaster, 1878).
- George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 78.
- Charles Truax, The Mechanics of Surgery (Chicago, 1899), p. 457.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Dilator, Uterine
- uterine dilator
- Other Terms
- Dilator, Uterine; Medicine
- Measurements
- overall: 10 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-12809
- catalog number
- M-12809
- accession number
- 315330
- 315330
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marion Huber
- subject
- Women's Health
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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