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1.
16th Century French Surgical Instruments

Published / Created:
ca. 16th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 097
Image Count:
2
Description:
A set of French surgical instruments, including a trepanning set with a brush and several trephine bits, a raspatory, and other assorted levators and probes.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Surgical Instruments and Trepanning Set
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > 16th Century French Surgical Instruments

2.
Amputating and Trepanning Set

Creator:
Codman and Shurtleff
Streeter, Edward Clark (1874-1947)
Published / Created:
1870
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 022
Image Count:
6
Description:
A rectangular wooden box made of rosewood and fitted with velvet trays, holding a number of instruments including a trephining set (including two trephines and a brush), a capital saw, an elevator, a Hey's saw, a catling knife, a pair of bone forceps, a spiral tourniquet, a metacarpal saw, a pair of artery forceps, a tenaculum, two amputating knives, and an amputating scalpel.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Surgical Instruments
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Amputating and Trepanning Set

3.
Amputation Instruments

Published / Created:
19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 062
Image Count:
1
Description:
Four amputation instruments, including two a capital saw, and three additional knives—one with part of its blade broken off.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Surgical Instruments
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Amputation Instruments

7.
Chain Saw

Creator:
George Tiemann and Company
Published / Created:
mid 19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 021
Image Count:
1
Description:
A hand-operated chain saw with ferrous links and wooden handles. Used for amputation.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Surgical Instruments
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Chain Saw

8.
Dissecting set

Creator:
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz (1874-1927)
Published / Created:
ca. mid 19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 012
Image Count:
3
Description:
A wooden box containing a number of dissection tools, including scissors, forceps, scalpels, and an eye dropper. According to a note included with the piece, this originally belonged to Oliver Wendell Holmes and was subsequently given to Edward Hitchcock (and further family members).
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Hitchcock, Edward (1793-1864), Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Dissection and Surgical Instruments
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Dissecting set

9.
Elevator

Creator:
Francis Cluley
Harvey, Samuel Clark (1886-1953)
Published / Created:
ca. early 19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 008
Image Count:
1
Description:
A surgical elevator with a wooden handle.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Surgical Instruments
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Elevator