Hoxie, Thomas Burton, MD, (1794 - 1837) (Cayuga) Simpson of London
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 024
Image Count:
4
Description:
A red leather wallet, measuring 15 cm. x 6 cm. x 2 cm. when folded, with tooled edges and engrailed inner flaps and lined with a dark blue leather. Inside the wallet is a probe director and probe, a scalpel, a tenaculum, a curved bistourie, a lancet, two types of Chinese surgical silk, and several needles.
A black leather wallet, measuring 15 cm. x 6 cm. x 3 cm. when folded and closed. Inside the kit can be found a pair of needle forceps, a pair of haemostatic forceps, a catheter extension, two scalpels, a probe director and tongue tie, a curved bistourie, and a straight finger knife. In addition, there is also a cardboard bobbin of black Chinese surgical silk.
A bifolding leather surgical wallet lined with blue velvet. Inside the wallet are several pieces, including a catheter with an extender, and a pair of locking forceps. Also included are four folding-style pocket instruments that contain tools such as tenaculums, bistouries, and scalpels.
A number of surgical instruments, including a capital saw, a metacarpal saw, an amputating scalpel, an additional narrow knife, a chisel, a rongeur, and a pair of bone forceps.
Tarnier, S. (Stéphane) (1828-1897) Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 047
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Forceps
Description:
Forceps with English lock. Has wing nut and screw locking traction device. Inside long blades are metal wings which appear to be for traction. Rounded hook handles.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Tarnier, S. (Stéphane) (1828-1897), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A wooden box, lined with velvet, containing the necessary boards, braces, straps, and supports to fashion various fractures or dislocations, including hip dislocations, femur fractures, and shoulder dislocations. Enclosed documentation depicts how this may have looked.
Harvey, Samuel Clark (1886-1953) The American Vibrator Company
Published / Created:
ca. early 20th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 028
Image Count:
2
Description:
The Tonjes Aero-Vibrant was a home vibration device that used either compressed air or liquid carbonic acid gas to power the device which would have been delivered to the user's residence—particularly useful if the residence had no electricity (see page 35 in Snow's "Mechanical Vibration and Its Therapeutic Application"). Featured here is a wooden box containing several metal attachments, some with rubber-covered ends.
