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Medical Museum Collection, Box 4A
A large collection of miscellaneous medical instruments and human vertebrae in a cardboard box, donated by Robert G. Chuinard, M.D., in August 1977. The items belonged to Dr. Chuinards great-grandfather, Dr. Edward Lansing Sheldon. The collection includes: 1) frame for an anesthesia mask, without the wire basket, 2) articulated vertebral column with twelve cervical and thoracic vertebrae, 3) six specula of various types, 4) Goodells uterine dilator, 5) triple point tenaculum forceps, 6) anesthesia bottle with a glass nozzle and screw valve, 7) five metal sounds, nos. 8, 11, 12, 14, and 15, 8) three curved metal catheters, 9) double curved hysterectomy forceps, 10) brown-handled obstetrical forceps, 11) two Auvards uterine curettes, 12) Rheinstetters uterine curette, 13) Kny-Scheerer uterine curette, 14) blunt tissue forceps or scissors, 15) folding tongue depressor, 16) three trocars, two with metal handles and one with ebony handle, 17) scoop and hook mastoid curette, 18) Mathieu-Kersten needle holder, 19) small tracheal tube, and 20) two unidentified instrument parts.
One of two digital photographs of a large collection of miscellaneous medical instruments and human vertebrae. The instruments and vertebrae have been laid out on a blue-grey countertop. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 4A
A large collection of miscellaneous medical instruments and human vertebrae in a cardboard box, donated by Robert G. Chuinard, M.D., in August 1977. The items belonged to Dr. Chuinards great-grandfather, Dr. Edward Lansing Sheldon. The collection includes: 1) frame for an anesthesia mask, without the wire basket, 2) articulated vertebral column with twelve cervical and thoracic vertebrae, 3) six specula of various types, 4) Goodells uterine dilator, 5) triple point tenaculum forceps, 6) anesthesia bottle with a glass nozzle and screw valve, 7) five metal sounds, nos. 8, 11, 12, 14, and 15, 8) three curved metal catheters, 9) double curved hysterectomy forceps, 10) brown-handled obstetrical forceps, 11) two Auvards uterine curettes, 12) Rheinstetters uterine curette, 13) Kny-Scheerer uterine curette, 14) blunt tissue forceps or scissors, 15) folding tongue depressor, 16) three trocars, two with metal handles and one with ebony handle, 17) scoop and hook mastoid curette, 18) Mathieu-Kersten needle holder, 19) small tracheal tube, and 20) two unidentified instrument parts.
One of two digital photographs of a large collection of miscellaneous medical instruments and human vertebrae. The instruments and vertebrae have been laid out on a blue-grey countertop. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.
