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Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 049
Image Count:: 2
Alternative Title:: Obstetric crochet
Description:: This instrument has a single angled hook on the end, which when placed around the neck of the fetus and twisted, succeeded in severing the head. These types of instruments were used when the fetus was already dead and the mother's condition was criti...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Blunt hook and crochet

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:: 19th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 094
Image Count:: 1
Description:: An all metal cephalotribe with the screw and wing nut intact. Cephalotribe with fenestrated blades with cephalic and pelvic curve. This cephalotribe listed as belonging to William Lusk who taught a Bellevue Medical College. Cephalotribes (headcrus...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cephalotribe

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 045
Image Count:: 1
Description:: A metal cranioclast with wood handles, two joints, and finger lugs. Craniocalsts were known as skull crushers. Their use was advocated only after all else had failed.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cranioclast

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Published / Created:: 1864-1886
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 024
Image Count:: 7
Description:: A brown leather wallet, lined with silk and velvet. Inside are several surgical tools, including forceps, cannulae, needles, lancets, surgical silk, probes, and lifts.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D.
Subject (Topic):: Surgical Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Field Surgery Set

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 094
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Metal forceps with a long shank and a wooden handle. This is a possible variation of the McLane forceps.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Forceps

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 94
Image Count:: 1
Description:: A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles.
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Forceps

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Jenks, Edward Wallace (1833-1903)
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:: 19th century
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 094
Image Count:: 1
Description:: These forceps seem to be a combination of Jenk's and Simpson's forceps. They do not have the characteristic finger rests on both handle ends as are found on the Jenk's forceps. Edward Wallace Jenks (1833-1903) received his MD from Castleton Medical ...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D., Jenks, Edward Wallace (1833-1903), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Forceps

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870)
Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:: 1848
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 049
Image Count:: 2
Alternative Title:: Forceps
Description:: A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles. James Y. Simpson (1811 - 1870) of Edinburgh was a prominent obstetrician and the discoverer of chloroform as an anesthetic. His long and short forceps of the mid-nineteenth century were widely used and be...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D., Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):: Obstetrical and Gynecological Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Simpson's long forceps

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Otto and Reynders
Published / Created:: 1860-1875
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 024
Image Count:: 5
Description:: A wooden box, lined with velvet and lockable (the key is included with the set). Inside are two bone-handled scalpels, a wooden-handled scalpel, a retractor hook, a pair of large needle forceps, a metal scalpel, a chain hook with three hooks, a probe,...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D.
Subject (Topic):: Surgical Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Surgical Set

Creator:: George Tiemann and Company
Published / Created:: 1864-1886
Collection Title:: Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:: Box 024
Image Count:: 5
Description:: 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 ...
Subject (Name):: Bernard Kosto, M.D.
Subject (Topic):: Surgical Instruments
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Surgical Wallet