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Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Devices

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:

A pair of spectacles or eyeglasses, beginning of the 18th century, Early 18th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Green, Samuel Abbott, 1830-1919. Historical instrumentation collection
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20081, 21202
Scope and Contents:

"A pair of spectacles about 300 years old, given by, Dr. Samuel A.Green." - on the paper note

Adenoid forceps, 1870-1916, 1870-1916

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Farlow, John Woodford (1853-1937). Otolaryngology instrumentation collection
Sub-Series Identifier: WAM001, c12632, 22215.001-22215.003
Scope and Contents:

"Presented by / J. W. Farlow / 1916" written on historical tags attached to all objects. "Loewenberg Adenoid Forceps" written on tag for .001 and "Hooper Adenoid Forceps" written on tag for .002. "Adenoid Forceps" and "M. 179" written on tag for .003

Applicator, possibly for caustic, 19th century, 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Blake, Allen H., -1941. Otolaryngology instrument collection, formerly belonging to Allen H. Blake
Item Identifier: WAM001, c21104, 22273
Scope and Contents:

"Applicator / Caustic ?" and "Dr. A.H. Blake / Collection" written on tags attached to object

Asch septal forceps, 1870-1916, 1870-1916

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Farlow, John Woodford (1853-1937). Otolaryngology instrumentation collection
Sub-Series Identifier: WAM001, c12632, 22217
Scope and Contents:

"Presented by / J. W. Farlow / 1916" and "Asch Septal Forceps" written on tags attached to both objects

Binaural stethoscope, late 19th century, Late 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Shattuck, George Cheever and Frederick Cheever Shattuck. Instrumentation, devices, and specimens formerly of Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1847-1929) and George Cheever Shattuck (1879-1972)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20998, 21097
Scope and Contents:

"LEACH&GREENE" - engraved on the hinge; "Dr. Shattuck Collection" - written with pencil on the paper label connected to the stethoscope by a thread

Binaural stethoscope, late 19th century, Late 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.002
Scope and Contents:

Dr. George T.Perkins Collection- written with pencil on the paper label connected with stethoscope by thread; "IN CAMMANN’S", "STETOSCOPES"- engraved on hinge

Bivalve nasal speculum, late 19th century, Late 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Blake, Allen H., -1941. Otolaryngology instrument collection, formerly belonging to Allen H. Blake
Item Identifier: WAM001, c21104, 21227
Scope and Contents:

"D.A.H.Blake collection" - handwriten paper note

Blood lancets in cork, 19th century, 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Shattuck, George Cheever and Frederick Cheever Shattuck. Instrumentation, devices, and specimens formerly of Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1847-1929) and George Cheever Shattuck (1879-1972)
Sub-Series Identifier: WAM001, c20998, 22206
Scope and Contents:

"Dr. Shattuck Collection" written on tag attached to object.

Blunt hook for extraction, 1860-1922, 1860-1922

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Richardson, W. L. (William Lambert), 1842-1932. Collection of gynecological and obstetrical instrumentation
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20197, 22228
Scope and Contents:

"Gift of / Dr. Wm L. / Richardson / 11-23-23" written on historical tag

Blunt hook with wooden handle, 19th century, 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Richardson, W. L. (William Lambert), 1842-1932. Collection of gynecological and obstetrical instrumentation
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20197, 20210
Scope and Contents:

Consists of obstetrical and gynecological instrumentation formerly belonging to W. L (William Lambert) Richardson.

Brass pus basin, 1870-1929, 1870-1929

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Shattuck, George Cheever and Frederick Cheever Shattuck. Instrumentation, devices, and specimens formerly of Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1847-1929) and George Cheever Shattuck (1879-1972)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20998, 22208
Scope and Contents:

"Brass Pus Basin / Dr. Shattuck Collection" printed on exhibit label associated with object. "NO. 1 / BRASS PUS BASIN / DR. SHATTUCK COLLECTION" printed on label taped to bottom of object.

Braun's decapitation hook, 1860-1922, 1860-1922

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Richardson, W. L. (William Lambert), 1842-1932. Collection of gynecological and obstetrical instrumentation
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20197, 22238
Scope and Contents:

"Gift of / Dr. Wm L. / Richardson / 12-13-33" written on historical tag

Bristle probang, 1850-1929, 1850-1929

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Shattuck, George Cheever and Frederick Cheever Shattuck. Instrumentation, devices, and specimens formerly of Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1847-1929) and George Cheever Shattuck (1879-1972)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20998, 22205
Scope and Contents:

"NO. / BRISTLE PROBANG FOR REMOV- / ING BONES FROM THROAT, / DR. SHATTUCK COLLECTION" printed on tag attached to object. "Dr. Shattuck Collection" written on another tag attached to object.

Bristle probang, 1870-1929, 1870-1929

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Shattuck, George Cheever and Frederick Cheever Shattuck. Instrumentation, devices, and specimens formerly of Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1847-1929) and George Cheever Shattuck (1879-1972)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20998, 22247
Scope and Contents:

"Dr. Shattuck Collection" written on tag attached to object. "Probang used to dislodge a foreign body from the esophagus into the stomach" written on another tag attached to object.

Bullet probe, 1857-1880, 1857-1880

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.059
Scope and Contents:

"Bullet Probes / Perkins Coll." written on tag attached to object

Case of urological sounds, 19th century, 19th century

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Jeffries, B. Joy (Benjamin Joy), 1833-1915. Collection of eye instruments and apparatuses formerly of John Jeffries (1745-1819), John Jeffries (1796-1876), and John Howard Dix (1813-1884)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c21127, 22258
Scope and Contents:

"Old Urethreal Tin Sounds used by Dr. John Jeffries / GIVEN BY / Dr. B. Joy Jeffries." printed on exhibit label found inside case. "230" written on back of label

Cataract operation set, 1830-1884, 1830-1884

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Jeffries, B. Joy (Benjamin Joy), 1833-1915. Collection of eye instruments and apparatuses formerly of John Jeffries (1745-1819), John Jeffries (1796-1876), and John Howard Dix (1813-1884)
Item Identifier: WAM001, c21127, 22255
Scope and Contents:

"Cataract Operation Set used by Dr. Dix / Given by / Dr. B. Joy Jeffries" printed on label found inside case. "18" written on back of label

Caustic holder, 1850-1880, 1850-1880

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.06
Scope and Contents:

"Dr. George T. Perkins Collection" written on tag attached to object

Charriere pocket tissue dissection kit, owned and used by George Perkins, 1865-1880., 1865-1880

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.033
Scope and Contents:

Dr. George T. Perkins Collection - handwritten on paper label tied to case; "33" stamped onto metal tag attached to case; "Charriere" stamped on scalpels, chisel, and director. "# 10 1047 / (m?) 6 / (illegible)" handwritten in ink in case interior

Child's daytime leg brace, designed to be worn inside a shoe, 1880-1898, 1880-1898

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Bradford, Edward H. (Edward Hickling),1848-192. Series of orthopedic braces designed by Edward H. Bradford
Item Identifier: WAM001, c13255, 13255.004
Scope and Contents:

"#4 / Day brace worn inside a shoe." written on tag attached to object.

Child's daytime leg brace for 5 year old, 1880-1898, 1880-1898

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Bradford, Edward H. (Edward Hickling),1848-192. Series of orthopedic braces designed by Edward H. Bradford
Item Identifier: WAM001, c13255, 13255.005
Scope and Contents:

"#5 / Day brace / at age of 5 yrs. / Last brace taken off in March 1885." written on one tag attached to object. "Lloyd's la[st] Brace, tak[en off] / March" written on partial tag attached to object.

Child's nighttime leg braces, 1880-1898, 1880-1898

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Bradford, Edward H. (Edward Hickling),1848-192. Series of orthopedic braces designed by Edward H. Bradford
Item Identifier: WAM001, c13255, 13255.001
Scope and Contents:

"#1 / These two, evidently worn at night, went on the thigh and something went down to one of the little splints." written on tag attached to object.

Collin-Osterman's pelvimeter, 1860-1922, 1860-1922

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Richardson, W. L. (William Lambert), 1842-1932. Collection of gynecological and obstetrical instrumentation
Item Identifier: WAM001, c20197, 22233
Scope and Contents:

"Gift of / Dr. Wm. L. / Richardson / 11-23-23" written on tag attached to object

Combined blunt hook and crochet, 1850-1880, 1850-1880

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.055
Scope and Contents:

"Dr. George T. Perkins / Collection" written on tag attached to object

Curved polypus forceps, 1850-1880, 1850-1880

FOUND IN: Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine) / Collection: Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collection / Series: Perkins, George Thomas, 1836-1880. Fifty-three historical surgical instruments, formerly of George Thomas Perkins
Item Identifier: WAM001, c12748, 12748.054
Scope and Contents:

"Dr. George T. Per[?] / Collection" written on a partial tag attached to the object

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