George Tiemann and Company Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897 Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:
19th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 094
Image Count:
1
Description:
An all metal cephalotribe with the screw and wing nut intact. Cephalotribe with fenestrated blades with cephalic and pelvic curve. This cephalotribe listed as belonging to William Lusk who taught a Bellevue Medical College. Cephalotribes (headcrushers) first appeared in the early nineteenth century. A cephalotribe was a medical instrument used in obstetrics to crush the skull of stillborn fetuses (cephalotripsy).
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 045
Image Count:
1
Description:
A metal cranioclast with wood handles, two joints, and finger lugs. Craniocalsts were known as skull crushers. Their use was advocated only after all else had failed.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
J. Reynders and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 045
Image Count:
1
Description:
A metal cranioclast with wood handles, two joints, and finger lugs. Craniocalsts were known as skull crushers. Their use was advocated only after all else had failed.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Original studio photograph of a prominent 19th century alumnus. Peaslee graduated from the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1840, taught at other medical schools, and wrote several books. The Historical Library owns Peaslee letters written when he was a student.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Peaslee, E. R. (Edmund Randolph), 1814-1878 and Yale College (1718-1887). Medical Institution.
Subject (Topic):
Gynecologists, Medical colleges--Alumni and alumnae, and Surgeons
Elliot, George Thompson (1827-1881) George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:
1858
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 045
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Forceps
Description:
A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles. Elliot forceps include both types of locking devices credited to Elliot. George Thompson Elliot (1827-1881), an American obstetrician, based the design of his forceps on that of Simpson's long forceps. The main characteristic distinguishing the two types is the locking device. The first device consists of a sliding pivot, which can be moved along a groove in the handle. The second device is a long screw in one handle, which extends into the second blade. These devices allowed the operator to fix the amount of pressure and compression of the fetal head.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Elliot, George Thompson (1827-1881), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Elliot, George Thompson (1827-1881) George Tiemann and Company Thoms, Herbert (1885-1972)
Published / Created:
1858
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 045
Image Count:
1
Description:
A pair of metal forceps with wooden handles. Elliot forceps include both types of locking devices credited to Elliot. George Thompson Elliot (1827-1881), an American obstetrician, based the design of his forceps on that of Simpson's long forceps. The main characteristic distinguishing the two types is the locking device. The first device consists of a sliding pivot, which can be moved along a groove in the handle. The second device is a long screw in one handle, which extends into the second blade. These devices allowed the operator to fix the amount of pressure and compression of the fetal head. An old label found with the device reads "Elliot 1858".
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D., Elliot, George Thompson (1827-1881), and Yale University. School of Medicine.
A brown leather wallet, lined with silk and velvet. Inside are several surgical tools, including forceps, cannulae, needles, lancets, surgical silk, probes, and lifts.