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 (headcrushers) first appeared in the early nineteenth century. A cephalotribe was a medical instrument used in obstetrics to crush the skull of stillborn fetuses (cephalotripsy).
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
J. Reynders 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:
A metal cephalotribe, which seem to be missing both a screw and a wing nut. This cephalotribe listed as belonging to William Lusk who taught a Bellevue Medical College. Cephalotribes (headcrushers) first appeared in the early nineteenth century. A cephalotribe was a medical instrument used in obstetrics to crush the skull of stillborn fetuses (cephalotripsy).
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A metal chain ecraseur with a wooden handle—this was used for the removal of uterine and ovarian tumors. The ecraseur has a screw operated tightening mechanism than can shorten a looped wire, thereby strangulating soft tissue.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A Civil War-era medicine case, once owned by Dr. Lewis H. Steiner, who was the Chief Director of the Sanitary Commission of the Army of the Potomac. The case consists of ten compartments, each with a paper label identifying the contents.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Steiner, Lewis Henry, MD (1827-1892), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A World War Two-era J-Feder 504 long-delay igniter—a timer that was able to be set from any time between ten minutes and up to three weeks. This was evidently similar to the one that was used to detonate the Naples Post office 17 days after the Nazis had
Subject (Geographic):
Germany
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A pair of collapsing binoculars—the glass lenses are mounted in a grey metal frame. The lens brackets are hinged, allowing the device to open parallel to each other so they function as a sort of binocular telescope. The smaller, diverging lenses are able to slide towards and away from the larger, converging lenses. They also accompany a brown leather enveloping case (not pictured) that measures 117 mm. x 74 mm.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
