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Physical Description:
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 22 cm x 1 cm; 8 11/16 in x 3/8 in
overall: 8 7/8 in x 3/8 in; x 22.5425 cm x .9525 cm
Object Name:
Rod
electrocoagulator rod
surgical instrument
Description:
Electrocoagulator rod used by Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), American neurosurgeon, pathologist, and pioneer of brain surgery. Cushing did not invent electrocoagulation, but his use and publicity in the 1920s did much to promote the technique.
Ref: Harvey Cushing, “Electrosurgery as an Aid to the Removal of Intracranial Tumors,” Surg. Gynec. Obstet. (1928).
Location:
Currently not on view
ID Number:
2000.0223.05.02
Accession number:
2000.0223
Catalog number:
2000.0223.05.02
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Medicine
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4a24-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1185336