A surgical instrument/amputation kit, in a wooden box with several velvet-lined trays and inserts. Included in the kit are several scalpels and bistouries, a spiral tourniquet, a number of forceps, needles, a metacarpal saw, a capital saw, a trephining set, spatula, probes and probe director, and a pair of retractors.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Trepanning and Surgical Instruments
A wooden box with several velvet-lined trays and inserts. Inside the kit can be found several knives and scalpels, several types of forceps, including bone and artery forceps, a pair of retractors, a trephine set with brush, a pair of catheters, a trephine elevator, a pair of tenaculum, some needles, and an antrum drill.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Amputation and Trepanning and Surgical Instruments
Bradley, William S., MD (New Haven, CT) George Tiemann and Company McNeil and Washburn
Published / Created:
1872
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 054
Image Count:
7
Description:
A wooden box, contained in a leather slipcase, with brass trim and fitted with purple velvet trays. Included in the set is a lift, a spiral tourniquet, a trephine set, an elevator, a chisel, a retractor, as well as several specific types of knives, saws, forceps, and scalpels. Additionally, a bill of sale and a handwritten list of the set's instruments are included with the piece.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Ticknor, Commander Benjamin, MC, USN, MD (Hon. Yale 1836) Warner, Donald, Esq.
Published / Created:
mid 19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 012
Image Count:
3
Description:
A folding leather wallet containing several surgical instruments, including lancets, scalpels, forceps, probes, a bullet scoop, needles, a spatula, scissors, and a catheter.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
An Impression-applanation tonometer (model OTM-1). Includes tonometer, a bottle of Aplacote dye, two tubes of disposable tonometer endplate caps, a pad of transfer and recording paper, and a glass disc with a measuring scale. Includes two pages of instructions, as well as a guide printed under the lid of the box. Designed by Adolph Posner and Richard Inglima.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Inglima, Richard, Posner, Adolph, and Yale University. School of Medicine.
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.