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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.

These instruments were used for the determination of concentration of an unknown solution c. 1913. One cup is half filled with standard solution, placed on the right hand carrier and racked up to a set reading. The other cup is half filled with the unknown solution, placed on the right hand carrier and racked up until the plunger touches the fluid. The light source is turned on and the unknown is racked up until a perfect match is obtained. Material: Metal, brass and glass. Colour: Painted black, brass and clear, c. 1913.

Tonsil instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Bone instrument. With cut-through joint. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Hawksley & Sons, c. 1930.

Bone instrument. Material: Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Arnold & Sons, c. 1930.

Dermatological instrument. For skin grafting, with roller guard. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Allen & Hanburys, c. 1930.

Dermatological instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Screwed in centre. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used for catching, holding or pulling. Minor operation instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Used to inject fluid into, or withdraw fluid from the body. In metal case. Material: Glass. Colour: White, c. 1930.

In wooden case. 6 parts and 15 spare parts e.g. rubber tips. Material: Metal (nickel-plated), rubber and bakelite. Colour: Silver, brown, white and black. Maker: American Cystoscope Makers, c. 1940.

A scientific equipment intended to support other pieces of equipment and glassware. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown, c. 1920.

An instrument for measuring the polarisation of light. Material: Metal. Colour: Painted grey, black and red. Maker: Adam Hilger Ltd, c. 1926.

A device having a hole, a cuplike opening or spike for holding a candle. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass, c. 1910.

An instrument for inspecting the pharynx. In metal case. Three spare bulbs. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: E.S.J. Co., c. 1930.

Used to remove the tonsils located deep in the back of the throat. 4 parts. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Part of Walter G. Howarth's Set of Chevalier Jackson's instruments. Set contains: (a) Infants' laryngoscope with short handle and extra light carrier. Size: 12 mm x 12.50 cm (b) Adults' laryngoscope with heavy handle for introduction of bronchoscope and operating in larynx: With extra light carrier, size: 14 mm x 16 cm (c) Adults' oesophageal speculum with handle, size: 15 mm x 24.5 cm (d) Oesophagoscope. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass. Maker: Allen & Hanburys, c. 1925.

Used for amputations in surgery. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Moore, c. 1880.

Used in surgery. In unpolished mahogany box to hold 12. Contains 6 scalpels and 2 bistouries. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: C.F. Thackray, J. Gardner & Son, c. 1915.

Used to make cuts into the body. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Weiss, c. 1880.

Used for the initial appraisal in the mouth to determine tooth selection, like false teeth. In wooden cabinet. Material: Porcelain. Colour: Off-white, c. 1910.

Set consists of: Battery handle, May opthalmoscope, auriscope with 3 specula, nasascope, throat lamp, tongue depressor, laryngeal mirrors, 3 spare lamps. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Gowllands, c. 1940.

Used for collecting urine. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1940.

The comparator box, c. 1941, is a rectangular frame with three openings in 2 opposite sides: Each pair of openings is connected by a channel which is widened in 2 places to hold the tubes. Six comparator tubes of uniform diameter are probided. By looking through the box from the front, one can see simultaneously through 3 pairs of tubes. The comparator is used for determining the pH of a coloured or opalescent fluid by comparing its colour, after adding indicator with that of a standard tube of known pH which constains the same indicator in the same concentration. Material: Wood. Colour: Painted black. Maker: Baird & Tatlock, c. 1940.

In mahogany case. Set consists of: 5 scalpels, solid forged scissors, dissection forceps, blowpipe. Material: Metal and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1880.

Used to drink something. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910.

Consists of teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl. Mark of Cape Hospital Board engraved on items. Material: Silver-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Walker & Hall, c. 1920.

Used in your nose. Material: Metal and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1860.

Used to open and relax the internal/external anal sphincter and rectum in order to relieve constipation. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1940.

It is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utiltarian and symbolic purposes and produced in oriental countries. Material: Wool. Colour: Cream, pink and blue, c. 1985.