In a suitcase-styled box, lined with velvet, is a violet ray stimulator. Inside the lid, with a ribbon identifying the device brand as "OFRA", are several types of glass electrodes ranging from facial use to genital use. In the base of the kit, along with additional electrodes, including a hairbrush-style electrode as well as a rubberized bulb to use with the nasal electrode. The current for the device can be adjusted by a turn dial, allowing the user to vary between 110 and 250 volts.
Attached statement: "An 'artificial kidney' used in illnesses when human kidneys are not functioning properly is shown in operation at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. "Dr. Franklin H. Epstein (left) and Dr. Howard Levitin (right) together with nurse (center) operate the equipment connected by tubes to the artery of the patient's arm shown in foreground.... The 'artificial kidney' was purchased by a gift of $5000 to Yale from the United Fund of Middletown, Connecticut, March 1959"
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Epstein, Franklin H., 1924-2008, Levitin, Howard, 1928-2010, and Yale-New Haven Medical Center
An elaborately painted apothecary jar, featuring a pair of angels holding aloft torches, surrounded by flowers and decorative leafing. At the center reads 'Salep'.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A set of French surgical instruments, including a trepanning set with a brush and several trephine bits, a raspatory, and other assorted levators and probes.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
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.
