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.
Names written in ink on bottom of photograph. First row L-R: Ralph Boots; Francis G. Blake; J. Harold Austin; Rufus L. Cole; Homer F. Swift; Donald D. Van Slyke; Edgar Stillman. To the right and back of Blake is John Punnett Peters. Blake and Peters came from the Rockefeller Institute to Yale.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Blake, Francis Gilman, 1887-1952, Peters, John Punnett, 1887-1955, and Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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.
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.