Electroscope
Electroscope (Brunings' with oesophageal tube, tipped end)
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
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
- credit:
- Wilder, C.G.
Parts
Electrical contact
Electrical contact (with handle and eyepiece)
Electrical contact
Electrical contact (? with handle and eyepiece)
Oesophagoscopy tube
Oesophagoscopy tube (straight and)
Oesophagoscopy tube
Oesophagoscopy tube (lipped end)
Bronchuscopy tube
Bronchuscopy tube (straight end)
Bronchoscopy tube
Bronchoscopy tube (straight end)
Extending tube
Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)
Extending tube
Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)
Tube
Tube (fenestrated with spring)
Saliva tube
Saliva tube (flattened end)
Catheter
Catheter (stilette missing)
Catheter
Catheter (on thread)
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)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt21
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy and forceps
Bronchoscopy and forceps (with spring end broken)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt22
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
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
Forceps
Forceps (? nasal, serrated jaws perpendicular to handles)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt28
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
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
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt36
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt37
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Spatula
Spatula (Brunings, with saliva tubes, fits electroscope) and laryngeal
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt38
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt40
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscopes)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt41
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
Director
Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)
- Object Number:
- A75954 Pt42
- type:
- oesophagoscopes
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.
- 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).
Cage
Cage (cylindrical, in handle, for sterilising?).
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
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
