Object Name:

knives

Description:

Guillotine knives for surgical use developed in 1946 by Charles Philamore Bailey (1911-1993), a pioneering heart surgeon who worked in New York and New Jersey, along with Drs. Glover and O'Neill.

Ref: “Dr. Charles P. Bailey, 82, Pioneer in New Methods of Heart Surgery,” New York Times (Aug. 19, 1993), p. B12.

ID Number:

MG.M-11607

Catalog number:

M-11607

Accession number:

267869

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-5686-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1439373