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Bronchoscope, rigid, Fourestier-Glandu-Vulmiere type, with camera attachment, France, 1958-1965.
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Hysteroscope, rigid, Fourestier-Glandu-Vulmiere type, with camera attachment, France, 1958-1965
Physicians ‘saw’ into the body using a hysteroscope. A rigid tube is passed into the body to 'see' inside the uterus. This example incorporated a quartz rod within the tube. Light was transmitted by an internal reflection in the rod. This meant the lens systems of earlier bronchoscopes were discarded. Illumination was good enough for a specially mounted camera to take very clear photographs of the interior of the uterus.
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Details
- Category:
- Clinical Diagnosis
- Object Number:
- 1981-952
- Materials:
- brass (nickel plated), glass, metal, paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified), rubber, steel (stainless)
- Measurements:
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overall (as displayed): 130 mm x 600 mm x 310 mm, 2.382 kg
- type:
- hysteroscope, hysteroscope, diagnosis, bronchoscope, camera, diagnosis (respiratory system), fourestier-gladu-vulmiere
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- medical instrument
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