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Type of Object

Depressor, tongue

Place of Manufacture

New York (N.Y.)

Date of Manufacture

1879-1885

Physical Details

Nickel-plated metal tongue depressor has ribbed oval blade that extends at proximal end into a curved neck. The neck is attached to a hard rubber handle with nickel-plated metal hooked finger rest.

Dimensions

8.5 cm. x 15 cm. x 3.5 cm.

Medical Subject

Diagnostic Equipment; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1983.86.18a

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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