Object Listing

Direct- flow transfusion syringe. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: Becton Dickinson & Co. Place: USA, c. 1950.

For blood transfusion. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: Becton Dickinson & Co. Place: USA, c. 1950.

(a) Inf. Seneg. Conc.
(b) Inf. Quass. Conc.
(c) Tinct. Naler. Amm.
(d) Tinct. Opii. Camph.
(e) Ext. Stamam. Liq.
(f) Ext. Casc. Sag. Liq, c. 1910.

Storage container to keep sutures in. Material: Metal. Colour: Silver. Maker: Rayner. Place: England, c. 1950.

The Heaf multiple puncture test is carried out with the multiple puncture apparatus, or Heaf gun. Material: Metal (chromium-plated), plastic. Colour: Silver, off-white. H.G. East & Co. Oxford, c. 1950.

Hypodermic needles. Medical equipment used at clinics and hospitals. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Parke, Davis & Co. Place: New York, c. 1940.

Used by Prof. Grichten in his rooms at 78 Queen Victoria St for 30 years. Material: Porcelain. Colour: Blue & white. Maker: Mason's, England, c. 1915.

Porcelain jug and basin set. Material: Porcelain. Colour: White. Maker: Jug - J&G Meakin; bowl - Globe Pottery Co. Place: England, c. 1920.

Glass instrument boxes. With vertical walls and polished rims. With stainless steel lid. Material: Glass, metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Clear, c. 1930.

Glass instrument boxes. With oblong walls and polished rims. With stainless steel lid. Material: Glass, metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Clear, silver, c. 1930.

Glass inkwell with 2 ink holes. Material: Glass, metal. Colour: Clear. Place: England, c. 1930.

This storage jar has a curved and graceful silhouette. Used for sponges in a hospital, c. 1935.

Transfusion apparatus. With short straight outlet. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear.

(a) Tinct. Catech.
(b) Tinct. Label. Aeth.
(c) Tinct. Cinchan.
(d) Tinct. Colch.
(e) Tinct. Zingib. Mit.
(f) Tinct. Myrrh., c. 1910

Short stem, with glass stopcock. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear.

A shallow vessel used for defaecation or urination by patients confined to bed. Fracture bedpan: A waste collection receptacle that is not as deep as a regular bedpan, utilised for patients in traction in order to disturb alignment as little as possible. Material: Earthenware. Colour: Brown.

Stainless steel forceps jar holder dental instrument

This soap dish has an upper tray with holes that allows water to drain into the lower tray, allowing soap to dry in between uses so it won't melt into a lump of goo. Material: Enamel. Colour: White. Maker: Kockums. Place: Sweden.

Cancelled; returned to donor Prof. J.V. Solm.

Nerve stimulation medical devices for migraine headache. Material: Bakelite, wood, metal. Colour: Brown, black, silver. Place: London. Maker: Stanley Cox Ltd, c. 1940.

Nerve stimulation medical devices for migraine headache. Material: Bakelite, wood, metal. Colour: Brown, black, silver. Place: London. Maker: Stanley Cox Ltd, c. 1940.

Battery, Faradic. A term applied, not very correctly however, to apparatus for producing medical faradic currents. It may be an induction coil with battery, or a magneto-generator worked by hand. Material: Wood, bakelite, metal. Colour: Brown, black, silver. Sonitas, Berlin, c. 1930.

This spectroscope was originally devised by Professor H. Hartridge in 1912 and improved by R.C. Frederick in 1937 for the estimation of carbon monoxide in blood. It was the first spectroscope that allowed the sample that is being tested and a normal specimen to be viewed simultaneously using a twin cell holder. Material: Wood, metal. Colour: Brown, grey, silver. Maker: Beck. Place: London, c. 1950.

(a) Tinct. Benzoin. Co.
(b) Tinct. Ipecac.
(c) Tinct. Scill.
(d) Tinct. Cardam. Co.
(e) Mucil. Trog.
(f) Mucil. Acac, c. 1910.

The Davidson pneumothorax apparatus consists of a five way valve where the pressure in the chest cavity was measured in order to induce an accurate measurement of air into this space to collapse the lung. Connected to the five way valve are inlet and outlet tubing, a manometer, a pair of reservoirs, and an operating needle. Material: Wood, glass, metal, rubber. Colour: Brown, greenish, silver, red & brown. Down Bros. Ltd. Place: London, c. 1940.

The Davidson pneumothorax apparatus consists of a five way valve where the pressure in the chest cavity was measured in order to induce an accurate measurement of air into this space to collapse the lung. Connected to the five way valve are inlet and outlet tubing, a manometer, a pair of reservoirs, and an operating needle. Material: Wood, glass, metal, rubber. Colour: Brown, greenish, silver, red & brown. Allen & Hanburys. Place: England, c. 1940.

The Davidson pneumothorax apparatus consists of a five way valve where the pressure in the chest cavity was measured in order to induce an accurate measurement of air into this space to collapse the lung. Connected to the five way valve are inlet and outlet tubing, a manometer, a pair of reservoirs, and an operating needle.Material: Wood, glass, metal, rubber. Colour: Brown, clear, silver, dark grey, c. 1940.

Bag with instruments, medicines to help with diagnosing illnesses. Material: Wood, metal. Colour: Brown, black, c. 1920.

An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, typically magnified several hundred times. Maker: E. Leitz. Place: Germany, c. 1923.

A diathermy machine is a therapeutic device used to deliver heat deeply to specific parts of the body using a high frequency current.