Richard Liebreich Swett, Atwell William, MD (1840-1912) (Dartmouth 1863) W. F. Ford, Caswell, Hazard, and Company
Published / Created:
1915
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 019
Image Count:
1
Description:
A single-lens ophthalmoscope, 16.8 cm long, with two converging lenses. Wooden case, covered black leather, lined purple velvet with purple satin in lid; metal push-button catch. Lenses made by Liebreich.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A brass 12 blade scarificator housed in a leather covered box. The blades and trigger/spring mechanism are made of steel. Noted on an accompanying label, this device was patented by the George Tiemann Company on August 20th, 1846.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870) Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:
1848
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 049
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Forceps
Description:
A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles. James Y. Simpson (1811 - 1870) of Edinburgh was a prominent obstetrician and the discoverer of chloroform as an anesthetic. His long and short forceps of the mid-nineteenth century were widely used and became the models for future designs.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Simpson, James Y. (1811-1870), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
The "One Dollar Case". Within a small leather covered case lined with velvet are eight small vials, all with corks labels indicating their contents, and most with some sort of beaded substance within. Under the lid of the box are directions for use of t
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A worn leather wallet containing a few instruments, including a pair of hooks, a catheter, a curette, and two undetermined pieces. Also included is a cardboard spool of silk, some needles, and a small folding leather card holder.
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, lined with velvet and lockable (the key is included with the set). Inside are two bone-handled scalpels, a wooden-handled scalpel, a retractor hook, a pair of large needle forceps, a metal scalpel, a chain hook with three hooks, a probe, and a bistourie. Beneath the lid of the box is a hidden compartment that holds a pair of scissors and a pair of smaller needle forceps.
A bifolding leather surgical wallet lined with blue velvet. Inside the wallet are several pieces, including a catheter with an extender, and a pair of locking forceps. Also included are four folding-style pocket instruments that contain tools such as tenaculums, bistouries, and scalpels.