Electroscope
Electroscope (Brunings' with oesophageal tube, tipped end)
- Measurements:
-
overall (pt 1-4 assembled): 23 mm x 480 mm x 126 mm, 0.414 kg
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt1
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Box of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy
- maker:
- Allen & Hanburys Limited, Mayer and Meltzer and Young
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Box of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, most instruments German, some British, all instruments nickel plated steel, case is leatherette-covered tin, also contains two glass bottles of cocaine and one of adrenalin, circa 1915
Details
- Category:
- Clinical Diagnosis
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A75954
- Materials:
- case, tin, case, leatherette, instruments, steel (nickel plated) and bottles, glass, coloured
- Measurements:
-
case, closed: length 437 mm
case, closed: width 224 mm
case, closed: height 105 mm
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
- credit:
- Wilder, C.G.
Parts
Electrical contact
Electrical contact (with handle and eyepiece)
- Measurements:
-
overall (pt 1-4 assembled): 23 mm x 480 mm x 126 mm, 0.414 kg
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt2
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Electrical contact
Electrical contact (? with handle and eyepiece)
- Measurements:
-
overall (pt 1-4 assembled): 23 mm x 480 mm x 126 mm, 0.414 kg
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt3
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Oesophagoscopy tube
Oesophagoscopy tube (straight and)
- Measurements:
-
overall (pt 1-4 assembled): 23 mm x 480 mm x 126 mm, 0.414 kg
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt4
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Oesophagoscopy tube
Oesophagoscopy tube (lipped end)
- Measurements:
-
length 281 mm
tube: diameter 13 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt5
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bronchuscopy tube
Bronchuscopy tube (straight end)
- Measurements:
-
length 179 mm
tube: diameter 9 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt6
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy tube
Bronchoscopy tube (straight end)
- Measurements:
-
length 141 mm
tube: diameter 9 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt7
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Extending tube
Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)
- Measurements:
-
excluding spring: length 240 mm
tube: diameter 11 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt8
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Extending tube
Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)
- Measurements:
-
excluding spring: length 190 mm
tube: diameter 9 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt9
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (with spring)
- Measurements:
-
excluding spring: length 346 mm
diameter 11 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt10
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (with spring)
- Measurements:
-
excluding spring: length 345 mm
diameter 11 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt11
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (fenestrated with spring)
- Measurements:
-
excluding spring: length 131 mm
diameter 6 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt12
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Saliva tube
Saliva tube
- Measurements:
-
length 312 mm
diameter 5 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt13
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Saliva tube
Saliva tube (flattened end)
- Measurements:
-
length 386 mm
diameter 5 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt14
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Catheter
Catheter (stilette missing)
- Measurements:
-
length 296 mm
diameter 2 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt15
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Catheter
Catheter (on thread)
- Measurements:
-
height 155 mm
diameter 5 mm
- Materials:
- elastic gum
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt16
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Othurator
Othurator
- Measurements:
-
length 353 mm
diameter 10 mm
- Materials:
- elastic gum
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt17
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube
Spatulae
Spatulae (4)
- Measurements:
-
length 160 mm
width 20 mm
- Materials:
- wood
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt19
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Forceps
Forceps (with spring, oval fenestrated ends) and bronchoscopy
- Measurements:
-
overall: 27 mm x 397 mm x 94 mm, 0.03 kg
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt20
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy and forceps
Bronchoscopy and forceps (spring missing, spoon end broken off)
Bronchoscopy and forceps
Bronchoscopy and forceps (with spring end broken)
Probang
Probang (spiral shaft)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 27 mm x 391 mm x 38 mm, 0.072 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) , textile and hair
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt23
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Curette
Curette (?)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 13 mm x 295 mm x 70 mm, 0.054 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt24
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Punch and forceps
Punch and forceps (? Hartmann's covehestone, spring handle)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 17 mm x 174 mm x 130 mm, 0.132 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt25
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy and forceps
Bronchoscopy and forceps (three ring handle, plain jaws)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 18 mm x 330 mm x 60 mm, 0.068 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt26
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Laryngeal forceps
Laryngeal forceps (Patterson's)
Forceps
Forceps (? nasal, serrated jaws perpendicular to handles)
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 23 mm x 230 mm x 54 mm, 0.078 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt30
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 23 mm x 210 mm x 53 mm, 0.074 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt31
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope, lipped end)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 23 mm x 167 mm x 54 mm, 0.064 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt32
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
Tube
Tube (fits electroscope)
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, with saliva tubes, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
Director
Director (fits electroscope, tube slit)
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscopes)
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)
Spray apparatus for cocaine solution
Spray for cocaine with resevoir, cork stopper and metal spray tube. Resevoir: 60 mm x 10 mm, 24 g. Unknown maker, German, 1910-1920.
- Measurements:
-
overall (lying flat): 15 mm x 380 mm x 120 mm, .024 kg
- Materials:
- glass , metal , cork , rubber (unidentified) , nickel plated and stainless steel
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt43
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bottle for cocaine solution
Amber glass bottle for cocaine solution (20%) empty, with no stopper. 51 mm x 25 mm diameter, 23 g. Unknown maker, German, 1910-1920.
More
In the 1880s, before it was made illegal and its addictive effects known, cocaine was a popular choice for local pain relief. Administered by injection to numb specific parts of the body, surgeons were able to operate on patients while they were awake.
Adrenalin
Adrenalin (empty bottle, glass stopper)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 70 mm 25 mm, .028 kg
- Materials:
- glass and paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt46
- type:
- bottle
Harness
Harness (for head lamp, folding).
- Measurements:
-
overall (extended): 31 mm x 597 mm x 24 mm, 0.072 kg
overall (closed): 31 mm x 100 mm x 51 mm, 0.072 kg
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt47
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Cage
Cage (cylindrical, in handle, for sterilising?).
- Measurements:
-
overall (lying flat): 35 mm x 130 mm x 80 mm, .026 kg
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt48
- type:
- cage
Broken piece
Broken piece
- Measurements:
-
length 71 mm
diameter 1 mm
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt49
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Rubber tubing
Rubber tubing (perished)
Box for a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy
Box for a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915
- Measurements:
-
case, closed: length 437 mm
case, closed: width 224 mm
case, closed: height 105 mm
- Materials:
- leatherette and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt51
- type:
- instrument cases
Bronchoscopy tube
Bronchoscopy tube (straight end), from a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt52
- type:
- instrument
Broken scope
Broken scope, from a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt53
- type:
- instrument
Broken scope
Broken scope, from a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt54
- type:
- instrument
