Medical Instrument (2019.06.013)
Dublin Core
Title
Medical Instrument (2019.06.013)
Subject
Nebraska State Tuberculosis Hospital, Dr. Burton Bancroft, Artifact, Medical Instrument
Description
Long, thin metal medical instrument or handle; light silver-colored.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: There is information about Dr. Burton Bancroft in the Frank Museum archives, as well as in the paper accession record. AW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could not find anything on this object. It is very possible that it should be part of another instrument. Information compiled by Logan Osmera.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: There is information about Dr. Burton Bancroft in the Frank Museum archives, as well as in the paper accession record. AW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could not find anything on this object. It is very possible that it should be part of another instrument. Information compiled by Logan Osmera.
Date
ca. 1950s
Contributor
For all objects in accession # 2019.06: Doctor's bag, medical equipment, medicine, and other items all originally belonged to Dr. Burton Bancroft who came to Kearney is 1956 and was the first trained surgeon in the community, according to John Bancroft- Dr. Burton Bancroft's son who found the the doctor's bag in a closet. The bag contained all of the items within accession record #2019.06. Dr. Bancroft occasionally provided aid to patients at the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis in Kearney, NE.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Metal Medical Instrument
Collection
Citation
“Medical Instrument (2019.06.013),” Museums and Material Culture (Fall 2023), accessed October 2, 2024, https://mail.unkpublichistory.reclaim.hosting/items/show/366.