Object Listing

(a) Box with illustrations (b)Turia transilluminator with card (c) Glass sheath (2) (d) Spare bulbs (2), c. 1940.

For holding a number of artery forceps. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass, c. 1925.

Any of various surgical instruments for holding tissues away from the field of operation. Metal: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver.

The dissector is used to elevate tissues or raise a depressed or sunken piece of bone. The double-ended design features a straight and curved blade, so as the surgeon can switch between sides as needed.

Hydrostatic model, for vacuum only, to fit on water tap, with 8 ft pressure tubing and Yankauer's. Brass: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Allen and Hanburys, London, c. 1930.

Plates, serving tureen, sauce jug, butter holder, milk jug, big beaker. Bearing mark of Cape Hospital Board. Material: Porcelain. Colour: White.

Instruments relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing. Material: Nickel-plated. Wooden case. Colour: Silver, brown, c. 1935.

Blood sedimentation apparatus acc. to Westergren, metal support, for 5 examinations, stainless steel, complete with special laminated springs, w. pipettes and specimen tube with rubber stopper. Material: Metal (chromium-plated), glass, wood. Colour: Clear, brown

Esmarch mask for open chloroform anaesthesia, in case. For chloroform bottle & mask. Material: Leather. Colour: Brown.

Vaginal dressing forceps. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver.

(a) Black leatherette case (b) Erythrocytometer (c) Chamber for suspension and cover glass (d) Erythrocyte thickness chart & 3 other pamphlets, c. 1945.

Vaginal curette: A scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.

A small rotary cutting tool with a shaped end, used in dentistry. For use with surgical electric motors. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1925.

A catheter used for catheterisation of the middle ear through the eustachian tube. Eustachian cushion - a ridge in the nasopharyngeal wall posterior to the opening of the eustachian tube. Synonym(s): Torus tubarius, Eustachian tonsil. Material. Metal: Colour: Silver, c. 1920.

Blunt dissection tools do not cut, but rather, separate tissue. Material: Metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1945.

A surgical instrument used to remove material by a scraping action, especially from the uterus. Metal: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver.

Adjustable sympathectomy hook. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver.

An instrument for measuring the pressure acting on a column of fluid. Material: Plastic, glass, wood. Colour: Black, clear, brown. Hellige, USA, c. 1950.

(a) Black leatherette case lined with green velvet (b) Hemoglobinometer with card (c) Pipettes (2) (d) Metal holder & comparator slide (e) Cover glass (2) chart & directions for use, c. 1945.

A stand for one or more ink bottles, typically incorporating a pen tray. Material: Glass valonite. Colour: Clear, brown. England, c. 1930.

This pump is made of glass. It used a siphon to draw off the milk. The milk was then fed to the baby via a bottle. The reliever was made by S. Maw, Son & Thompson of London, c. 1901.

Lamp used for medical examinations. Material: Enamel. Colour: Black & white, c. 1920.

Test for heterophoria. Material: Metal. Maker: J. Weiss & Son, London.

Opthalmic use. Material: Glass, rubber. Colour: Amber, red.

Ruler used for optician's measurements. Material: Metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1940.

Ruler used for optician's measurements. Material: Wood, metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Opthalmic use. Saline drops to be used on instrument. Material: Brass, Wood. Colour: Brass, Brown, c. 1920.

Bottle, glass, cork, leather, and metal. Type: inhalers, junker; chloroform, inhalers, anaesthesia (general) and junker, anaesthesia (general) and chloroform.

(a) Black leatherette case lined with blue velvet (b) Counting chamber (c) Red cell pipette and white cell pipette (2) (d) Other pipettes (5) (e) Small tubes with stoppers (f) Metal holder with stopper, c. 1950.

A slender rod of flexible material, with blunt bulbous tip, used for exploring sinuses, fistulae, other cavities, or wounds. Material: Metal, rubber. Colour: Silver, red, c. 1930.