A nude female figure carved in ivory. Originally used as a device for Chinese male physicians to learn about a female's medical issue without the patient indicating as such on her own body.
Subject (Geographic):
China
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A wooden box, from the 'Angler II', consisting of a sick bay, or first aid kit. There is a list of the contents affixed to the inside of the label, which reads "Scalpel, Scissors, Clamp, Forceps, Atropine, Morphine, Aspirin, Tape, Codeine, Digitalis, Novocaine, Pins, Caffeine, Adrenaline, Ephendrine, Bromides, Pyramidon, Amytal Comp., Suppositories, Cathartic, Cotton, Bandage, Gauze, Mercuric Oxide, Skin Silks, Thermometer, Nitro Glyc., Hypodermic".
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Dr. Molesworth's combination Acme Dilator and Intra-Uterine Syringe, as noted in the directions on the bottom of the box (not pictured). A covered wooden case with purple velvet-lined inserts that hold a syringe and a number of attachments.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
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.
Evans and Wormull Friedenwald, Jonas Stein (1897-1955) George Tiemann and Company Streeter, Edward Clark (1874-1947)
Published / Created:
ca. 1850-1900
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 096
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Surgical Instruments Set
Description:
A wooden box, with fitted trays lined with a dark red velvet. Inside the lid is the emblem for the George Tiemann and Company—that said, several of the instruments inside are manufactured by the Evans Wormull Company. Among the instruments contained within are a capital saw, several knives, and a trepanning elevator.
A surgical/amputation set—housed in a leather-covered wood case, with fitted, covered trays that hold the instruments. Among those are several saws (bow, chain, Hey’s, and metacarpal), several pairs of bone forceps, a trephine and brush, a Buck’s drill, a bone staff, and two tenaculum. This kit belonged to Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert, of the New Haven Hospital.
A. Lüer Gemric George Tiemann and Company Leach and Green
Published / Created:
19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 022
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
Surgical Instruments Set
Description:
A wooden box with brass fixtures and lined with velvet. Inside the box can be found several surgical instruments, including both a capital and a Hey’s saw, probes, scalpels, a spiral tourniquet, a post mortem hammer, bone forceps, and a tongue tie.
