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== Items == | == Items == | ||
[[File:Vintage medical equipment.jpg]] | |||
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:* thermometer (long slender glass mercury prismatic clinical thermometer) - carried in a Bakelite case | :* thermometer (long slender glass mercury prismatic clinical thermometer) - carried in a Bakelite case | ||
:* monaural stethoscope (constructed in one piece of turned ebony with a hollow tapered ear piece and circular chest piece) | :* monaural stethoscope (constructed in one piece of turned ebony with a hollow tapered ear piece and circular chest piece) | ||
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:* tongue depressor (Weeder tongue depressor had a fenestrated, grooved end for tongue depression and a handle with a finger hook) | :* tongue depressor (Weeder tongue depressor had a fenestrated, grooved end for tongue depression and a handle with a finger hook) | ||
:* otoscope (otoscope set includes specula and other attachments in a velvet-lined case) | :* otoscope (otoscope set includes specula and other attachments in a velvet-lined case) | ||
:* ophthalmoscope | :* ophthalmoscope (Dewecker’s refraction ophthalmoscope consists of a head with 24 lenses, one open aperture and a round concave mirror in a metal frame with an ivory handle. It is stored in a black leather case with satin and velvet lining.) | ||
:* percussion hammer | :* percussion hammer (the Taylor percussion hammer was an essential part of the neurological assessment.) | ||
:* hemoglobinometer (laboratory equipment) | :* hemoglobinometer (laboratory equipment) | ||
:* uninometer (laboratory equipment) | :* uninometer (laboratory equipment) | ||
== Vintage Drugs == | |||
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:* Drugs carried included morphine, atropine, strychnine and digitalis, phenacetin, barbital... | |||
:* The spirit lamp was used to assure aseptic technique (item 1) | |||
:* Hollow pointed vaccinating lancet (item 2) features a metal hollow-pointed blade that swivels on a rivet between two horned handles. This is an example of one of the vaccinators developed during the 19th century for use in the campaign to prevent smallpox. | |||
:* Pocket medicine pharmacy case (item 3). This is a representative leather pocket medicine case, which opens with flaps on each side and contains two rows of twelve bottles. The physician provided the patient with the common emergency drugs. | |||
:* Item 4 is a set of catheters and Lister’s bougies. The eight instruments in a leather case included four catheters ranging from size from 2 to 6, and three bougies ranging from size 3 to 7. Urinary retention was a major emergency that could be initially managed in the home, while bougies were used for the long-term management of urethral strictures. | |||
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255184/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255184/ | ||
Latest revision as of 12:36, 1 April 2023
Items
- thermometer (long slender glass mercury prismatic clinical thermometer) - carried in a Bakelite case
- monaural stethoscope (constructed in one piece of turned ebony with a hollow tapered ear piece and circular chest piece)
- sphygmomanometer (with a leather pouch, a rubber bulb, valve and cloth-armed sleeve and a domed blood-pressure gauge)
- tongue depressor (Weeder tongue depressor had a fenestrated, grooved end for tongue depression and a handle with a finger hook)
- otoscope (otoscope set includes specula and other attachments in a velvet-lined case)
- ophthalmoscope (Dewecker’s refraction ophthalmoscope consists of a head with 24 lenses, one open aperture and a round concave mirror in a metal frame with an ivory handle. It is stored in a black leather case with satin and velvet lining.)
- percussion hammer (the Taylor percussion hammer was an essential part of the neurological assessment.)
- hemoglobinometer (laboratory equipment)
- uninometer (laboratory equipment)
Vintage Drugs
- Drugs carried included morphine, atropine, strychnine and digitalis, phenacetin, barbital...
- The spirit lamp was used to assure aseptic technique (item 1)
- Hollow pointed vaccinating lancet (item 2) features a metal hollow-pointed blade that swivels on a rivet between two horned handles. This is an example of one of the vaccinators developed during the 19th century for use in the campaign to prevent smallpox.
- Pocket medicine pharmacy case (item 3). This is a representative leather pocket medicine case, which opens with flaps on each side and contains two rows of twelve bottles. The physician provided the patient with the common emergency drugs.
- Item 4 is a set of catheters and Lister’s bougies. The eight instruments in a leather case included four catheters ranging from size from 2 to 6, and three bougies ranging from size 3 to 7. Urinary retention was a major emergency that could be initially managed in the home, while bougies were used for the long-term management of urethral strictures.