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Vaginal Speculum

Object Details

Description
Cusco vaginal speculum named for the French surgeon Édouard-Gabriel Cusco (1819–1894).
Ref: D. Berry Hart and A. H. Barbour, Manual of Gynecology (New York, 1883), vol. I, pp. 120-121.
Chas. Truax & Co., Price List of Physicians’ Supplies (Chicago, 1890), p. 984.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Credit Line
Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
Measurements
overall: 4 cm x 4.5 cm x 10.7 cm; 1 9/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 4 3/16 in
Object Name
speculum
Other Terms
Medicine
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