Object Details
- Description
- Uterine dilator with a “TIEMANN & Co.” inscription. This form was associated with Alexander S. Hunter (1839-1896), a New York physician / obstetrician who, according to an obituary, “invented the Hunter speculum and Hunter forceps, which are in general use by the profession.”
- Ref: George Tiemann & Co., The American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 79.
- “Dr. Alexander S. Hunter,” New York Times (Feb. 15, 1896), p. 5.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 28.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 11 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 11/16 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 29.21 cm x 4.7625 cm
- Object Name
- Dilator
- dilator
