Curette
- Object Name:
- Curette
- Object ID:
- 2025.049.10
- Creator:
- E.B. Meyrowitz -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1890-1910
- Description:
- Curette for the ear, c. 1890-1910, used by Emdon Fritz, M.D. (1854-1931), an oculist and aurist in Manchester, NH from 1892 to 1929. Stamped, "MEYROWITZ" on the handle.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- W-0.15 L-8 D-0.15 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of fifty medical instruments used by Emdon Fritz, M.D. (1854-1931), an oculist and aurist in Manchester, NH from 1892 to 1929. Emdon Fritz was born in Nova Scotia, went on to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1880, and then ran a general practice in Digby before returning to New York for postgraduate study to become an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. He and his family eventually moved to Manchester, NH, where he opened a practice in 1892. In addition to seeing patients, Fritz also served as the president of the staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Manchester, president of the New Hampshire Medical Association and the Manchester Medical Association, was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the Hillsborough County Medical Society and the American Medical Assocation. He retired in September 1929, and died in 1931.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Nashua Historical Society
- People:
- Fritz, Emdon (1854-1931)
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