Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.6 cm x 5.4 cm x 26 cm; 1 1/32 in x 2 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in
- Object Name
- surgical set
- tonsilotome
- tonsillotome
