Rush Orthopedic Pin

Description:

Leslie Vaughn Rush (1905-1987) was a surgeon in Meridian, Miss. who joined his father’s hospital, Rush Infirmary, in 1927. In 1936 he invented an orthopedic pin for pinning bone fractures. Dr. Rush and his wife formed the Berivon Co. in 1948, deriving the term from their two names (Beryl and Vaughn), and began manufacturing various orthopedic pins. That firm donated this pin to the Smithsonian in 1986.

Date Made: 1985Date(S) Of Previous Ownership: 1985 11 25

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Credit Line: RUSH/berivon, inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0125.04Accession Number: 1986.0125Catalog Number: 1986.0125.04

Object Name: Pin, Orthopedicpin, orthopedicsurgical instrumentOther Terms: Pin, Orthopedic; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 26.3525 cm x 7.3025 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4a05-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_738695

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