Vaccinator

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Codman & Shurtleff
Description
Steel vaccinator with “WHITTEMORE’S / PATENT / FEB. 20, 1866” and “MADE BY / CODMAN & SHURTLEFF / BOSTON” inscriptions. Amos Whittemore was an inventive machinist in Cambridge, Mass.
Ref: Amos Whittemore, “Improvement in Vaccinators,” U.S. Patent 52,921 (Feb. 20, 1866).
Codman & Shurtleff, Illustrated Catalogue of Surgical Instruments (Boston, 1875), p. 84.
Location
Currently not on view
patent date
1866-02-21
ID Number
2012.0165.348
catalog number
2012.0165.348
accession number
2012.0165
Object Name
biological
vaccinator
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1446664
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e2ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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