Box of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy

Box of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy Box of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy

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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

Parts

Oesophagoscopy tube

Oesophagoscopy tube

Oesophagoscopy tube (straight and)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt4
type:
oesophagoscopes
Oesophagoscopy tube

Oesophagoscopy tube

Oesophagoscopy tube (lipped end)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt5
type:
oesophagoscopes
Bronchuscopy tube

Bronchuscopy tube

Bronchuscopy tube (straight end)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt6
type:
oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy tube

Bronchoscopy tube

Bronchoscopy tube (straight end)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt7
type:
oesophagoscopes
Extending tube

Extending tube

Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt8
type:
oesophagoscopes
Extending tube

Extending tube

Extending tube (inner part with spring, Milligan's)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt9
type:
oesophagoscopes
Forceps

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

Bronchoscopy and forceps (spring missing, spoon end broken off)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt21
type:
oesophagoscopes
Bronchoscopy and forceps

Bronchoscopy and forceps

Bronchoscopy and forceps (with spring end broken)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt22
type:
oesophagoscopes
Punch and forceps

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

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

Laryngeal forceps (Patterson's)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt27
type:
oesophagoscopes
Forceps

Forceps

Forceps (? nasal, serrated jaws perpendicular to handles)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt28
type:
oesophagoscopes
Tube

Tube

Tube (fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt29
type:
oesophagoscopes
Tube

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

Tube (fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt33
type:
oesophagoscopes
Tube

Tube

Tube (fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt34
type:
oesophagoscopes
Tube

Tube

Tube (fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt35
type:
oesophagoscopes
Spatula

Spatula

Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal

Object Number:
A75954 Pt36
type:
oesophagoscopes
Spatula

Spatula

Spatula (Brunings, fits electroscope) and laryngeal

Object Number:
A75954 Pt37
type:
oesophagoscopes
Spatula

Spatula

Spatula (Brunings, with saliva tubes, fits electroscope) and laryngeal

Object Number:
A75954 Pt38
type:
oesophagoscopes
Director

Director

Director (fits electroscope, tube slit)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt39
type:
oesophagoscopes
Director

Director

Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt40
type:
oesophagoscopes
Director

Director

Director (V cross section, fits electroscopes)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt41
type:
oesophagoscopes
Director

Director

Director (V cross section, fits electroscope)

Object Number:
A75954 Pt42
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.

Measurements:
overall: 51 mm 27 mm, .025 kg
Materials:
glass and empty
Object Number:
A75954 Pt44
type:
bottle
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Bottle of cocaine

Bottle of cocaine

Cocaine (10%, glass stopper, empty bottle)

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 25 mm, 0.032 kg
Materials:
glass and paper
Object Number:
A75954 Pt45
type:
bottle
Cage

Cage

Cage (cylindrical, in handle, for sterilising?).

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
A75954 Pt48
type:
cage
Rubber tubing

Rubber tubing

Rubber tubing (perished)

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A75954 Pt50
type:
oesophagoscopes
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

Box for a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915

Materials:
case, tin and case, leatherette
Object Number:
A75954 Pt51
type:
instrument cases
Bronchoscopy tube

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

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

Broken scope, from a set of Brunings' instruments for laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy, circa 1915

Object Number:
A75954 Pt54
type:
instrument