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86/39 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Tongue depressor, Wise's folding | 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. |
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86/4 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Colorimeter, large visual | 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. |
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86/40 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Retractor, Guthrie's buccal | Tonsil instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930. |
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86/41 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Gouge forceps, Lane's "fulcrum" | Bone instrument. With cut-through joint. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Hawksley & Sons, c. 1930. |
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86/42 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Gouge forceps, De Vilbiss' | Bone instrument. Material: Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Arnold & Sons, c. 1930. |
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86/43 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Razor | Dermatological instrument. For skin grafting, with roller guard. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver. Maker: Allen & Hanburys, c. 1930. |
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86/44 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Scraper, Hebra's | Dermatological instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930. |
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86/45 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Sponge probang with hinged coin catcher | Screwed in centre. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930. |
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86/46 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Sharp hook | Used for catching, holding or pulling. Minor operation instrument. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930. |
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86/47 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Syringe, 10 cc | Used to inject fluid into, or withdraw fluid from the body. In metal case. Material: Glass. Colour: White, c. 1930. |
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86/48 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Oesophagoscope | 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. |
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86/49 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Burette stand | A scientific equipment intended to support other pieces of equipment and glassware. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown, c. 1920. |
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86/5 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Polarimeter | An instrument for measuring the polarisation of light. Material: Metal. Colour: Painted grey, black and red. Maker: Adam Hilger Ltd, c. 1926. |
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86/50 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FURNISHINGS | Candlesticks, pair of | A device having a hole, a cuplike opening or spike for holding a candle. Material: Brass. Colour: Brass, c. 1910. |
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86/51 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pharyngoscope | 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. |
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86/52 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Tonsil guillotine, Beehag's | Used to remove the tonsils located deep in the back of the throat. 4 parts. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver, c. 1930. |
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86/53 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Instruments for direct laryngo-, tracheo-, broncho- and oesophagoscopy. | 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. |
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86/54 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Amputation knife | Used for amputations in surgery. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Moore, c. 1880. |
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86/55 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Surgical Instruments (set of) | 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. |
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86/56 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Scalpel | Used to make cuts into the body. Material: Metal (nickel-plated) and ebony. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Weiss, c. 1880. |
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86/57 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Mold guide for false teeth | 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. |
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86/58 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Diagnostic set | 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. |
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86/59 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | TOILET ARTICLE | Urinal | Used for collecting urine. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1940. |
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86/6 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Comparator box | 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. |
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86/60 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Anatomical and dissection instruments (set of) | In mahogany case. Set consists of: 5 scalpels, solid forged scissors, dissection forceps, blowpipe. Material: Metal and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1880. |
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86/61 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FOOD SERVICE T&E | Drinking glasses | Used to drink something. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910. |
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86/62 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FOOD SERVICE T&E | Tea set | 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. |
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86/63 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Sinus hook/guide | Used in your nose. Material: Metal and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1860. |
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86/64 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Rectal dilator | Used to open and relax the internal/external anal sphincter and rectum in order to relieve constipation. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1940. |
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86/65 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FLOOR COVERING | Chinese carpet | 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. |
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