| Code Sort descending | Alternate Codes | Authored on | Classified Name | Common Name | Local Name | Description |
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| 85/155 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Perforator, Greenhalgh's | Used in obstetrics. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Arnold & Sons, c. 1900. |
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| 85/156 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Forceps, Simpson's | Used in obstetrics. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1890. |
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| 85/157 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Craniotomy forceps, Simpson's improved | Used in obstetrics. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1890. |
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| 85/158 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Retractor, Cooper's hook | Used to hook into the dermis and for wound retraction. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ivory. Colour: Silver and cream. Maker: Maw, c. 1860. |
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| 85/159 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Hook, sharp | Used for catching, holding or pulling. Minor operation instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ivory. Colour: Silver and cream. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1880. |
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| 85/16 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pill tile | Plain, not graduated, 12 inches. Material: Glazed earthenware. Colour: Off-white, c. 1910. |
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| 85/160 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Aneurysm needle, Syme's | Used for suturing for puncturing or for the guiding of ligatures. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ivory. Colour: Silver and cream. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1880. |
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| 85/161 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Naevus needle, Liston's | Used in surgery. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Gardner, c. 1880. |
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| 85/162 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Hook, sharp | Used for catching, holding or pulling. Minor operation instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Gardner, c. 1880. |
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| 85/163 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Hook, sharp | Used for catching, holding or pulling. Minor operation instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: W. Thompson, c. 1880. |
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| 85/164 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Knife, Syme's/gum lancet | Used in surgery. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and tortoise shell. Colour: Silver and brown. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1880. |
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| 85/165 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar, Cock's | For puncturing the bladder per rectum. Material: Silver, nickel and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1880. |
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| 85/166 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar and cannula | Used to puncture a body cavity and to provide intra-abdominal access. Material: Ivory, silver and nickel. Colour: Cream and silver, c. 1860. |
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| 85/167 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar, Southey's drainage | Used in ansarca or dropsy. Material: Ivory, silver and nickel. Colour: Cream and silver, c. 1870. |
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| 85/168 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar and cannula | Used to puncture a body cavity an to provide intra-abdominal access. Material: Ebony, silver and nickel. Colour: Black and silver, c. 1890. |
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| 85/169 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar, ascites | Used in medicine to access and drain collections of fluids in a patient with ascites. In wooden case. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver (set of 2). Maker: Mayer & Meltzer, c. 1910. |
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| 85/17 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Mortar and pestle | Used for pill-making. Size 5. Material: Stoneware and wood. Colour: Off-white and brown. Maker: Wedgwood, c. 1890. |
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| 85/170 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Trocar, ascites & hydrocele syringe | Used in medicine to access and drain collections of fluids in a patient with ascites. In black leather-covered case. Material: Ivory, ebony, glass and metal. Colour: Silver, cream and black. Maker: Mayer & Meltzer, c. 1910. |
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| 85/171 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Ear syringe | Used to squirt water gently into the ear to remove earwax. Tinned inside. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass, c. 1910. |
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| 85/172 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Eustachian catheter, Kramer's | Used to insert small balloon through the nose to open blocked Eustachian tube. Material: Vulcanite. Colour: Black, c. 1910. |
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| 85/173 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Tongue depressor | Used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth throat. Folding. Material: Metal (silver-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1890. |
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| 85/174 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Tonsil guillotine, Mathieu's | Used to remove the tonsils located deep in the back of the throat. In black leather-covered case. Two extra sizes included. Material: Metal (nickel-plated. Colour: Silver (set of 2). Maker: Arnold & Sons, c. 1910. |
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| 85/175 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Caustic case | 2 parts. Material: Metal (silver-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1910. |
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| 85/176 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Stethoscope, monaural | Used to listen to heartbeat of unborn babies through their mother's skin. Folding. Material: Bakelite and metal (nickel). Colour: Brown and silver. Maker: Evans & Wormull, c. 1910. |
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| 85/177 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Enema syringe | Used to clear your colon using an injection of fluid with the syringe. With 3 ivory rectum pipes. Material: Brass and ivory. Colour: Brass and cream. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1900. |
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| 85/178 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Uterine forceps, c. 1910 | Used to remove tissue or insert packing. Curved upwards. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Grey. Maker: Gardner, c. 1910. |
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| 85/179 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Uterine forceps, c. 1910 | Used to remove tissue or insert packing. Curved to the left. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Grey, Maker: Gardner, c. 1910 |
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| 85/18 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Mortar and pestle | Used for pill-making. Material: Stoneware and wood. Colour: Off-white and brown, c. 1850. |
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| 85/180 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Fergusson's vaginal speculum, c. 1910 | Use to diagnose and treat vaginal and uterine disorders. Material: Metal and vulcanite. Colour: Brown, c. 1910. |
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| 85/181 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Doleri's uterine tube | Dilating, with screw adjustment and stopcock. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Allen & Hanburys, c. 1910. |
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