A leather suitcase containing a complete obstetrical outfit for assisting in a home delivery. There are numerous pieces to the kit, including forceps, a two pairs of retractors, an anesthetic mask, several types and pairs of forceps, probes, depressors, scalpel, needles, alcohol, Lysol, a tin of ligatures, and pituitary extract.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A trepanning set housed in a leather covered wooden box fitted with velvet lined inserts. Inside can be found a levator, a trephine handle, brush, and several heads, an antrum drill, a raspatory, and forceps.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Trepanning and Surgical Instruments
A mahogany box with velvet lined inserts, housing a trephining set with both a galt and a crown trephine bit, a detachable handle, a brush, and three sets of chain hooks. Not pictured, but included under the lid, is a scalpel, an elevator, and a raspatory.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A metal Trephine perforator, with a crank at the end of the handle. The Trephine perforator was popular in Europe but not so in England. This example has a pelvic curve.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A wooden box with green velvet-lined fittings that hold the pieces to a trephining set. Included are two trephines, a brush, two Hey's saws, two circular saws, a scalpel, and three tenotomes.
An incomplete set of trial lenses for visual testing for the bifocal component of an eyeglass prescription, from +0.5 diopters to 3.25 diopters. Each lens measures 2 cm. in diameter, set within a secondary lens measuring about 4 cm. in diameter. The set is housed in a leather covered wooden case, with velvet covered inserts.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.