Object Listing

An instrument used to gently stretch the vagina. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1930.

50 no. 3 medium threads stored in alcohol in a rubber stoppered tube in case. Material: Silkworm gut. Colour: Pink. Maker: James Woolley, c. 1940.

Fine silk ligatures. Orginally 50 x 12 inch in tube. Material: Silk. Colour: Cream, c. 1930.

Originally 50 strands of fine 12 inch catgut in tube. Manufactured 17 May 1934. Material: Catgut. Colour: Beige. Maker: Savory and Moore, c. 1934.

4 doz sponges sealed in 4 groups of 12 each in carton case. Material: Sponge. Maker: Johnson and Johnson, c. 1940.

Compressed bandage - still sealed. Material: Bandage. Maker: T.J. Smith and Nephew, c. 1940.

Used for measuring temperature in a bath. Material: Glass and japanned tin. Colour: Clear and black. Maker: G.H. Zeal, c. 1930.

A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes. Material: Nickel-plated brass. Colour: Silver, c. 1920.

In metal handle. Nasal instrument. Material: Nickel-plated brass. Colour: Silver, c. 1920.

Used by the physicians to examine the anterior part of the nose. Material: Silver-plated brass. Colour: Silver, c. 1920.

Case contained 12 cicular first aid dressings for small wounds. Material: Tin. Colour: Orange and black. Maker: T.J. Smith and Nephew, c. 1940.

Used to support, hold or fix something. Material: Chrome. Colour: Silver. Maker: Down Bros., c. 1950.

Used to remove blackheads and whiteheads from the skin. Double-ended, curette ends. Material: Nickel. Colour: Silver, c. 1950.

Eye instruments. With Critchett's fine grooved director in case. Set of 4. Material: Silver. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Dental instrument. Material: Stainless steel. Colour: Silver. Maker: Ash, c. 1930.

For holding litmus paper while testing urine. Material: Stainless steel. Colour: Silver. Maker: Lennon Ltd, c. 1950.

Used to sterilise dressing materials, surgical instruments, surgical gowns, towels and other reusable medical devices. Small portable drum. Material: Nickel. Colour: Silver, c. 1940.

Grooved for outflow. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1930.

Bag empty, apart from 7 bottles in metal containers. Used for, e.g., needles, iodine chloroform, etc. Material: Leather. Colour: Brown, c. 1920.

Bath set consists of J.B.L. cascade bag & metal stopper, faucet, tubing for fountain attachment, metal shut-off, metal combination stopper, vaginal irrigator, injection point for fountain attachment adult injection point, infant injection point, Tyrrell's cleaning powder, Tyrrell's J.B.L lubricant all in box: Used for enemas and douches. Material: Rubber, vulcanite and metal. Colour: Reddish brown, black and silver. Maker: Tyrrell's Hygienic Institution, c. 1930.

Used to fill the dental cavities with amalgam. Material: Nickel-plated and bakelite. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: C. Ash & Sons, c. 1920.

Universal tool for separation of ball joints. Material: Nickel-plated metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Straight mallet, 2 mallet points, spanner for fixing the heads, all in leatherette-covered case. For extra information, see Ash catalogue p. E17. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: C. Ash & Sons, c. 1930.

Straight mallet with three heads, 13 points and 1 plugger point, all in black leatherette-covered case. Material: Nickel-plated metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used in dental extractions. Size B22 and B23. One right, one left-angled. For extra information see C.F. Thackray's Catalogue p. D619. Material: Stainless steel. Colour: Silver. Maker: Solliden (set of 2), c. 1950.

Shape: Converging. 4 rows of hard bristles. Material: Wood and bristle. Colour: Brown and black (set of 2), c. 1930.

Used for saliva ejection. Description: a) Bulbous, b) circular. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: C. Ash & Sons (set of 2), c. 1930.

Used to fill the dental cavities with amalgam. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver, c. 1950.

Used in dental extractions. Size B22 and B23. One right, one left-angled. Adjustable. In metal handle. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver, c. 1920.

Used for cutting gums in surgery. For extra information, see Ash Catalogue p. D48. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.