Hemorrhoids--Surgery--Equipment and supplies
Used to hold hemorrhoids during cautery/removal procedure
Scissor-shaped with crossbar and nut at the top. Metal with ivory insulating plates.
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Hand blown glass with glass tube for self-suction.
Milled brass wheel with ivory handle. Velvet lined case with accessory lens.
Juler, Henry E. (Henry Edward), 1866-1921
Eye--Diseases--Diagnosis--Equipment and supplies
Eye Diseases--diagnosis--instrumentation
22 lenses depicting eye diseases in a blue lined wooden case.
Box: 18 cm. x 11 cm. x 6 cm. Viewing apparatus 9 cm. lenses 3.5 cm. diameter
Tongue Neoplasms—surgery--instrumentation
Bennion. Antique medical instruments (1979), p. 67
Wire snare originally developed by P.J. Desault for tongue incision in the removal of large tumors.
Desault, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph), 1744-1795
Prototype of the chain saw created by Drs. Jeffray and Aitken, Scotland, 18th c. Leonardo Gigli developed twisted wire version in 1894. Skippen et al. Scottish Medical Journal, May 2004.
Used to open the skull and in other types of surgery
Sterling silver hollow-stem spoon. Hallmarked Birmingham 1826
several symbols including anchor stamped inside spoon.
Includes main stem, plug that inserts into the funnel shaped chest end, ivory chest piece also used as a pleximeter and ivory ear piece.
Piorry, P. A. (Pierre Adolphe), 1794-1879
Powders (Pharmacy)--Packaging--Equipment and supplies
Drugs--Packaging--Equipment and supplies
Used to make envelopes which held medicine in powder form
Ear trumpet crafted in heavy silver plate on brass.
Boat-shaped English glazed pottery vessel with hole in top center.
Infants--Nutrition--Equipment and supplies
Silver, circular nipple-shaped with holes throughout.
Surgical instruments and apparatus--Sterilization
Used to sterilize small surgical instruments
Quassia--Therapeutic use--Equipment and supplies
Made from the wood of the Quassia or “bitter wood” shrub
Used with boiling water to create a medicinal tonic
screw cap on top and decorative knob at one end.
Anesthetics--Administration—Equipment and supplies
Anesthesiology--Apparatus and instruments
Used to hold items used for the administration of anesthesia
Horseshoe-shaped brown leather case with buckled strap that opens from the back with cloth and small metal pin inside.
Two brass-plated rounded horn-shaped hearing aids with ivory earpieces in black case with brown lining. Inscription on the inside of both earpieces "F.C.Rein &? Lond. Patentees Sole Inventors and Only Makers 108 Strand. London".
Obstetrics--Surgery--Equipment and supplies
Obstetric Surgical Procedures--instrumentation
Obstetrical and gynecological instruments
Used in craniotomy to crush the head of a fetus
Rectum--Examination--Equipment and supplies
Rectal Diseases--diagnosis--instrumentation
Used to facilitate examination of the rectum
One rounded steel section with ebony handle and tip that fits into larger steel piece with "legs" and moveable side flaps.
Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications--Equipment and supplies
Shaped like a forceps except that the blade tips are in contact in the closed position.
Annealed glass with McElroy mineral packing in original box.
Glass with curved end for self-use in original box.
Ear--Examination--Equipment and supplies
Polished chrome tube with eyepiece on one end and piece to be inserted into the ear on the other end. Set on bell-shaped piece that allows light to enter the instrument.
Alternative medicine--Equipment and supplies
Complementary Therapies--instrumentation
Wilbur, C. Keith, 1923- Antique Medical Instruments, 1998 pg. 118
Used to puncture the skin and "awaken" patient
Hollow ebony tube with coiled spring in handle that when pushed releases sharp steel needles that puncture the skin.
Hard rubber mask with two screw-top openings for the introduction of anesthesia.
Used in tracheotomy and throat surgery to create an airway
Sterling silver curved tube with cross piece.
Bistoury is a knife with a long cutting edge of uniform breadth. Bistoury Cache is a Spring loaded double bladed instrument
Used to cut the internal organs of the body
Steel knife with ebony handle, spring loaded, engraved number of handle.
Cylindrical ear trumpet crafted in silver plate metal with detailed pattern on bottom.
Half a forceps crafted in steel with ebony handle.
with flattened head that fits into the notch in the female stem.
Kidneys--Calculi--Surgery--Equipment and supplies
Kidney Calculi--surgery--instrumentation
Twenty-one steel instruments contained in a wooden case.
Charrie?re, Joseph Fre?de?ric Benoi?t, 1803-1876
Lithotomy is the surgical removal of stone(s) from the urinary tract
Used for lithotomy and other medical purposes
Steel forceps with white smithing, acorn motif on ring of handles, cut work along sides.
Teeth--Extraction--Equipment and supplies
E. Bennion, Antique Dental Instruments, p. 32
Double-ended iron with two serrated bolsters and two claws fixed on a swivel joint.
Six glass cups and brass mechanical scarificator in a wooden box with brass corners and hinges lined in blue velvet.
Eleven pieces of polished chrome, two with ebony handles in a fitted, velvet-lined box.
Respiratory therapy--Equipment and supplies
Blue earthenware Nelson's type inhaler. Directions for use are printed on the back.
Steel and glass in red -lined case with extra tips.
Eight small bronze surgical instruments mounted on glass including needles, forceps, etc.
Instruments range in length from 5.7 cm. to 16.5 cm.
Indigenous surgical tool in the form of a small spoon.
Four steel lancets in shagreen leather case.
One pan is for the items being weighed, one is for the weights
Brass crank arm scale with two pans suspended from the end of a beam attached to a center pole set on a wooden box with a drawer holding weights.
Center pole: 34 cm. beam: 19 cm. Box: 28 cm. x 14 cm. x 7 cm.
Marshall's improved compound magneto-electric machine
Electric Stimulation Therapy--instrumentation
Used to treat multiple ailments with a magnet and electricity
Wooden box with large metal magnet,wheel and spools inside
Nose--Intubation--Equipment and supplies
Throat--Intubation--Equipment and supplies
3 cannula, one pair forceps and 2 slender curved tubes made of steel in purple lined black wooden box
"INSTS. DE CHIRURGIE ? MICHEL? PARIS" stamped on box. Set may be missing original pieces.
Instruments range in length from 5 cm. to 15 cm. Box 22 cm. x 10.5 cm. x 5 cm.
Metal lever release lancet with removable back, locking cardboard case.
Metal cube with 10 blades contained in cardboard case.
Johnathan W. Baxter (Firm : Vevay, Ind.)
Surgical dressings--Storage--Equipment and supplies
Bandages and bandaging--Storage--Equipment and supplies
Bandage/dressing tins marked "Ferris & Co's Patent"
Used to store surgical dressings and bandages
Glass-fronted locking cabinet with tin boxes for various surgical dressings and storage drawer.
Sterling silver bowl with lip, engraved with bright-work along the rim. Hallmarked Peter & Ann Bateman, London.
Peter & Ann Bateman (Firm : London, England)
Used for teaching/demonstration of the anatomy of the human larynx
Anatomically-correct papier-mache model of the human larynx.
Used to collect blood during bloodletting
coat of arms engraved on an inset of silver indentation for chin on the rim of the dish.
Used to store pharmaceutical/drug preparation
Greek key design with japanned tin lid. Marked: TINCT: ZIN GIB:FT
Used to store leeches used in bloodletting
English ceramic covered jar with pale blue ground, navy blue and gold painted details, and double handles.
Double spoon which can be folded at each end. Holds two ounces.
State University of New York at Buffalo. Health Sciences Library
Used for teaching the anatomy of the human ear
Pedagogical model of the human ear made of human bone.