Object Details
- Description
- Wooden case with an “AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS INC. / NEW YORK, NY. / DESIGNERS AND SOLE PRODUCERS OF WAPPLER AND AMCI INSTRUMENTS...” inscription. Reinhold H. Wappler established the American Cytoscope Co. in 1903; this in time became American Cytoscope Makers, Inc.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- American Cytoscope Makers, Inc. Wappler
- date made
- 1957 - 1958
- Credit Line
- Lawrence E. Curtiss, Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., and Mary Jo B. Peters in memory of C. Wilbur Peters
- Physical Description
- wood, walnut (overall material)
- fabric, felt (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.3 cm x 42.5 cm x 37.5 cm; 2 7/8 in x 16 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in
- overall: 3 in x 16 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 42.545 cm x 13.6525 cm
- Object Name
- Case
- gastroscope set
- case
- Other Terms
- Case; Endoscopy; Accessory; Case
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