Object Listing

A bottle that is used by the pharmacist to dispense the prescribed medication. Material: Glass. Colour: Blue (set of 4), c. 1900.

Used to fill the dental cavities with amalgam. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1940.

Sealed in glass tube in metal case. Material: Silk. Colour: Beige, c. 1930.

Used in the treatment of amoebic dysentery. In amber-coloured glass ampoule. Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Co., c. 1930.

Passage way by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs. Size 3. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Lennon Ltd, c. 1930.

Contents of case: Container for turpentine, container for plaster, forceps and needles, container for pot. Permanganate, container for cocaine hydrochloride. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and bakelite. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Co., c. 1940.

Use to see inside a hollow part of the body and diagnose or treat disease. Trivalve with expanding screw. Material: Brass (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used to insert small balloon through the nose to open blocked Eustachian tube. Size 1. Graduated: 5-13. Material: Brass (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes. In lined leatherette case. The pleximeter that originally formed part of the set is missing. Material: Nickel-plated and ivory. Colour: Silver and cream, c. 1920.

For CTEV -- Congenital taupes equinus varus. Material: Metal and leather. Colour: Grey and brown, c. 1930.

It is a receptacle made for spitting into. Material: Brass (nickel-plated). Colour: Brass and silver, c. 1940.

In black leather-covered case. 12 parts. Material: Glass, rubber and metal. Colour: Clear, red, black and silver. Maker: Carl Zeiss, c. 1940.

"Pyonex" instrument as used by W.J. Middleton of Bournemouth for treatment by multiple superficial acupuncture. Material: Ebony and steel. Colour: Black and silver, c. 1880.

A small tube pushed into tissue to help drain oedema fluid. Material: Metal (silver-plated) and stainless steel. Colour: Silver. Maker: Allen & Hanburys, c. 1930.

In leather-covered case. An instrument which produces a line recording the strength and rate of a person's pulse. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: S. Maw, Son & Sons, c. 1910.

Set of 4 in boxwood case. Eye instruments. Material: Copper (silver-plated). Colour: Silver (set of 4), c. 1980.

25 in boxwood case. To fit braces. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver (set of 25), c. 1930.

Used to remove the loosened suture and pull the thread from the skin. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

For acuity tests. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

It is an example of a glass electrode that is sensitive to hydrogen ions. Beckman model G., serial no. 196802. Material: Formica, bakelite and enamel. Colour: Brown, black and white. Maker: Beckman Instruments Inc., c. 1950.

Used in the field of foot care. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Mayer & Meltzer, c. 1930.

Used by doctors to pick up cotton swab or sponges during surgical procedures. Wire handle, curved. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used to hold an incision open, hold back tissues or other objects to maintain a clear surgical field. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used to separate the edges of a surgical incision or wound. Material: Brass (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

For seizing the tonsil. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Mayer & Meltzer, c. 1930.

Surgical instrument vulsellum forceps. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Gardner & Son, c. 1930.

Nasal instrument. Set of 2 curettes size 19 and 22 mm for adenoids. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Maker: J. Gardner & Son, c. 1930.

Nasal instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Mayer & Son, c. 1930.

Nasal instrument. For median rhinoscopy. Part of Killian's instruments for submucous operations on the septum. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Mayer & Co., c. 1930.

Used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth throat. It folds easily. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Lennon Ltd, c. 1930.