Object Listing

Use of conical measure dictates its construction material. 4 Fl oz/32 Fl Dr. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920.

Used to measure the volume of liquid. 1 pint/20 Fl oz. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920.

Used for heating or boiling of liquid, distillation. Globe, round bottom, 250 cc. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: Wood Bros. (set of 3), c. 1920.

Used as a container for chemical substances, or to heat or boil liquids. Capacity: 300 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: Chance, c. 1930.

Set consist of 2 small stoppered bottles, 1 glass tube and 1 brass burner. Prenatal test case. Material: Glass and brass. Colour: Clear and brass. Maker: W.H. Bailey & Son, c. 1925.

Used as a container for chemical substances, or to heat or boil liquids. Capacity: 250 cc. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: Wood Bros., c. 1920.

Used for measuring out medicine in drops. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear (4 parts), c. 1910.

Used for heating or boiling of liquid, distillation. Globe, flat bottom. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1930.

Used to separate mixtures of two liquids with different boiling points. Capacity: 500 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear (set of 2). Maker: Chance, c. 1930.

Used for the preparation of eg. black draught which was used to stop diarrhoea. Material: Wood and wire mesh. Colour: Brown, c. 1900.

Used to hold test tubes and other equipment. Material: Cast iron, enamelled. Colour: Black (6 parts). Maker: Heynes Mathew, c. 1910.

Used as a platform for supoorting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other objects. Material: Cast iron, enamelled. Colour: Black (2 parts), c. 1910.

Fill cylinder with methylated spirits. Material: Cast iron, metal, rubber and wood. Colour: Black and silver (2 parts), c. 1910.

Can be set at certain width to ensure same size for powders folded. Trestle pattern. Material: Metal. Colour: Brass, c. 1910.

To be used with retort stand. Iron wire, covered with clay pipe stems. Material: Iron and clay. Colour: Off-white (set of 3), c. 1930.

It is used for the toileting of a bedridden patient where it is used for both urinary and faecal discharge. Blue line painted around edges. Material: Enamel. Colour: White, c. 1890.

Used to weigh babies. Material: Metal (painted) and wicker. Colour: Cream and beige, Maker: Hanson, c. 1925.

13 weights: One complete set 1/2 oz-5 lb (8) and one incomplete set 4 oz-5 lb (5). Material: Iron, glazed earthenware. Colour: Black and off-white. Maker: W&T Avery, c. 1910.

Used at a desk in a office. Material: Oak wood. Colour: Brown, c. 1900.

Amputation above knee. Material: Wood, leather and metal. Colour: Brown, c. 1917.

Laryngoscope, anterior commissure, with heart-shaped opening. Used at side of tongue (not over dorsum). Size: 10 mm x 17 cm. Useful as an oesophageal speculum for children and young women. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass. Maker: B.C.C. and Medical Distributors, c. 1920.

Binding mixture used to affix glass to glass. Material: Glazed earthware. Colour: White. Maker: Haldenwanger, c. 1940.

Heat over bunsen burner. Material: Porcelain. Colour: White (set of 2), c. 1930.

Heat over bunsen burner. Material: Porcelain. Colour: White.

Used for the preparation of e.g. black draught which was used to stop diarrhoea. Mesh no.: 44. Material: Copper and mesh, Colour: Copper. Maker: N. Greening & Sons, c. 1950.

Used for the preparation of e.g. black draught which was used to stop diarrhoea. Mesh no.: 22. Material: Brass and mesh. Colour: Brass. Maker: Endecotts Ltd, c. 1940.

For use in sickrooms or ward. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver (4 parts).

Used to ease chest complaints and sinuses by inhaling steam through the glass tube. Material: Glazed earthenware. Colour: White. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Thompson, c. 1890.

Used for acupuncture supplies. Case empty, lined with red velvet. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown, c. 1870.

All metal. 2 cc syringe in metal case. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1910.