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Endoscope

Object Details

Description
Urethral endoscope of the sort associated with Herman G. Klotz, a New York physician and early proponent of the instrument.
Ref: Herman G. Klotz, “Practical Use of the Endoscope,” Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases 16 (1898): 309-324.
Charles Truax, The Mechanics of Surgery (Chicago, 1899), p. 575.
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: 16 3/4 in x 2 1/16 in; 42.545 cm x 5.23875 cm
Object Name
endoscope
speculum
Other Terms
Diagnostic Medicine
proctoscopes
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