A surgical pump, intended for irrigation and aspiration purposes. Stored in a locking leather covered suitcase lined with purple velvet, the device also included a number of accessories, including cupping bulbs, trocars, and irrigating nozzles.
A wooden box with brass fixtures and closures—the contents within lie in a fitted, velvet-covered trays. Included are several ivory-handled instruments, such as a bow saw, a trephine and a trephine brush, a spiral tourniquet, a levator, a Buck's drill, a trephine handle and bits, probes, a metacarpal saw, scalpels, an osteotome, and a tenaculum. The owner's name, T. H. (Thomas Herring) Burchard, is imprinted on a cartouche on the top lid of the box.
A worn leather wallet containing a few instruments, including a pair of hooks, a catheter, a curette, and two undetermined pieces. Also included is a cardboard spool of silk, some needles, and a small folding leather card holder.
A leather-bound wooden box, lined with green cloth. The top layer of the box includes several trephining instruments with wooden handles. The bottom layer consists of several lithotomy instruments.
An amputation set, housed in a wooden box lined with red velvet. Included in the set are two types of saws, a capital saw and a lifting-back saw. In addition there are a few longer knives and a capital saw, a tenaculum, and a pair of bone forceps. There appear to be some empty spaces within the kit, indicating some instruments may been missing.
Complete steam atomizer (Apparatus No. 15) in pine box with partial label. In the image there is a metal boiler with a heat source, a container to catch any dripping or condensation, and a face shield to guide the steam.
Three hand forged iron spoon with hooked ends, one with spiral shaft. The lengths of the devices vary (between 18 cm. and 20 cm.) as do the spoon dimensions.