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Type of Object
Depressor, tongue
Place of Manufacture
Long Island City (New York, N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1935-1961
Physical Details
Stainless steel tongue depressor. Instrument fits a 90 degree angle, with a very gradual curve from one end to the next. Proximal and distal ends are grooved on the lower edge for a finger grip and a tongue grip.
Dimensions
2.6 cm. x 15 cm. x 6 cm.
Medical Subject
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1982.101aa
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Dunn's Tongue Depressor, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00109.jpg