Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Sound |
Catalog Number |
1999.43.21 |
Maker |
Snowden & Brother |
Date |
ca. 1865 |
Material(s) |
Brass/Nickel |
Dimensions |
H-12 W-4 D-0.188 inches |
Description |
This is a double curved sounder. It is a smoothly "S" curved nickel plated brass tube. |
Notes |
A sounder was used to locate stones (calcific deposits) in the bladder or as urinary dialtors. Used by Dr. Orville B. Yager. Raised in Henry County, Yager worked on the family farm while studying with his physician father. Yager enlisted July 1, 1861 under Breckinridge in General John Hunt Morgan's 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Company G. Yager transferred to General Wheeler's division in 1863. He was wounded three times, and became a Lieutenant . He was discharged on May 13, 1865. An 1867 graduate from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Orville moved to Glencoe, KY in 1869 where he practiced medicine. |
Collection |
Sue M. Bogardus Collection |
Event |
Civil War |
People |
Yager, Orville B. Snowden & Brother |
Subjects |
Surgeons Surgery Surgical instruments |
Search Terms |
Doctor Doctor's bag Confederate Confederate Army Civil War |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |