City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.059
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.059
Description
Glass and metal syringe with a “GERMANY” inscription on the plunger. This resembles the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
Fahnestock-type tonsillotome that belonged to William Hallock Park (1863-1939), a physician who directed the Pathology, Bacteriology, and Disinfection Laboratory of the New York City Board of Health for many years.