Digital photograph of part of a collection of medical instruments donated by the estate of Mrs. Courtland L. Booth. Included in this view are obstetrical forceps with cloth bag and an ebony-handled axis traction handle.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 10
A collection of medical instruments donated by the estate of Mrs. Courtland L. Booth in December 1950. The collection is in fair to poor condition, and includes: 1) metal obstetrical forceps with spatula blades, 2) cloth bag for forceps, 3) ebony axis traction handle, 4) double-ended vaginal retractor, 5) speculum, 6) tonsillotome with three-ring handle, 7) glass bottle with metal cap, 8) three uterine sounds, 9) three curettes, 10) uterine douche, 11) syringe pack with needle, 12) ebony-handled obstetrical hook, 13) director, 14) two metal tongue depressors, 15) tissue scissors, 16) placental forceps, 17) perforator foceps, 18) tenaculum forceps, 19) six catheter sections, 20) glass irrigator/catheter, 21) two double-curved forceps, 22) cooling irrigator with Y connector, 23) copper depressor/retractor, 24) wire-handled needle, 25) anastomosis button, 26) two wound clips, 27) two ebony-handled knives, 28) two spoon-ended spatulas, 29) two periosteal elevators, and 30) eleven miscellaneous instrument parts. This accession can also been seen in the following images: 77-156_1_55a.jpg, 77-156_1_55b.jpg