Unidentified printed French almanac from the 1780s that has been hollowed out, glued shut, and lined with red velvet to serve as a container for a silver pyx, or Holy Communion holder, possibly by a French priest in the early 1790s. The top of the pyx is engraved with a cross on uneven ground.
Description:
Binding: contemporary full red morocco, covered with elaborate gilt stamps with vase and flower motifs; interlaced design on borders and spine., In French., and Purchased from Justin Croft on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Subject (Geographic):
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Religious aspects and France--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--France
Subject (Topic):
Liturgical objects--France, Lord's Supper--Catholic Church, and Sacramentals
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.
Bradley, William S., MD (New Haven, CT) George Tiemann and Company McNeil and Washburn
Published / Created:
1872
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 054
Image Count:
7
Description:
A wooden box, contained in a leather slipcase, with brass trim and fitted with purple velvet trays. Included in the set is a lift, a spiral tourniquet, a trephine set, an elevator, a chisel, a retractor, as well as several specific types of knives, saws, forceps, and scalpels. Additionally, a bill of sale and a handwritten list of the set's instruments are included with the piece.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A child's intubation kit, housed in a leather-coved box with orange-colored inserts. Inside can be found a mouth gag, the insertion device, and seven intubation tubes—depending upon the size of the windpipe and age of the child (a scale is also included for help determine this). This was used in the treatment of diphtheria.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
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.
A pine case that opens from the top. Inside reveals a battery, cables, and conductors. Additionally, the instructions are printed under the lid of the box.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Life Saving Devices Company Sanderland, Paul (Danbury, CT)
Published / Created:
ca. 1919
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 014
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
"New Born" Incant Lungmotor
Description:
A respirator designed for an infant in the event of breathing difficulties, or due to other emergencies requiring immediate resuscitation. Included along with the device are a page of instructions for use.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.