Authors

E.M. Hessler

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Type of Object

Depressor, tongue

Place of Manufacture

Cleveland (Ohio)

Date of Manufacture

1871-1885

Physical Details

Nickel plated tongue depressor with ribbed oval blade from the end by an angled arm. At the other end is a hooked finger rest.

Dimensions

10 cm. x 3.5 cm. x 0 cm.

Medical Subject

Diagnostic Equipment; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1983.86.18b

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Tongue Depressor, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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