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Artifact Name	Nasal Speculum
Type of Object	Speculum, nasal
Manufacturer	Penn
Date of Manufacture	1910-1960
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	4.3 cm. x 12.6 cm. x 5.5 cm.
Physical Details	Chrome-plated stainless steel nasal speculum. Instrument is composed of two blades, joined by a central screw. The handle end of each blade is bowed slightly outward and has a series of slight indentations at the apex of the curve for grip. The part of the blades that is inserted into the nasal opening is curved outward toward the exterior of the nose. Outside of the right-hand blade is stamped "Penn U.S.A."
Medical Subject	Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures -- instrumentation
Accession Number	1982.101r
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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