An esophagoscope (aka oesophagoscope) is used to examine the inside of an esophagus. This example was made by V. Mueller & Co., manufacturers of surgical instruments. This Chicago firm, begun in 1895 by a German immigrant named Vinzenz Mueller, became a subsidiary of the American Hospital Supply Corp., in 1955.
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Currently not on view
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Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
