Object Details
- Description
- This case for surgical instruments belonged to William Hallock Park (1863-1939), a physician, specialist in the field of antitoxins, and director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
- Ref: “DR. W. H. PARK DIES, HEALTH AUTHORITY,” New York Times (April 7, 1939), p. 21.
- Wade W. Oliver, The Man Who Lived for Tomorrow: The Biography of William Hallock Park, M.D. (New York, 1942).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- ID Number
- 2017.0184.002.01
- catalog number
- 2017.0184.002.01
- accession number
- 2017.0184
- Object Name
- surgical set
- case
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.3 cm x 30.3 cm x 20.3 cm; 5 1/4 in x 11 15/16 in x 8 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Surgery
- Record ID
- nmah_722404
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4680-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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