Adenoid Curette

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Object Details

Description

Steel adenoid curette with a “W. F. FORD / S.I. CO. N.Y.” inscription. Jacob Gottstein (1832-1895), an otologist in Breslau, introduced the form in 1886. William Fraser Ford (1820-1897) was a machinist from England who arrived in New York in 1848 and worked with several surgical instrument makers. His firm became Wade & Ford in 1861, and William F. Ford & Co. after the Civil War.

This example came from the Surgical Set of Dr. William Park of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

ID Number

2017.0184.002.23

catalog number

2017.0184.002.23

accession number

2017.0184

Object Name

surgical set

curette, adenoid

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 2 cm x 2.3 cm x 20.3 cm; 25/32 in x 29/32 in x 8 in

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Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6e93-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1845339