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Infant weighing machine, Birmingham, England, 1870-1910

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1870-1910

Screw-adjustable leg splint, 1820-1920

Orthopaedics

1820-1920

Drop wrist splint, metal and felt, 1820-1920

Orthopaedics

1820-1920

Drop right wrist splint, iron and felt, 1820-1920

Orthopaedics

1820-1920

Drop left wrist splint, iron and felt, 1821-1920

Orthopaedics

1820-1920

Feeding cup

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

bef 1870

"Beeton" electric oven, cast iron with two removeable circular coiled wire heating elements on each side of oven, embedded in firebrick to give red heat and thereby simulate roasting before an open fire, with two heat control switches, by General Electric Co. Ltd., English, 1905-1910

Electric cooker

Domestic Appliances

1905-1910

Wooden splint for foot(?)

Orthopaedics

1890-1930

Adjustable splint, iron, 1701-1920

Orthopaedics

1701-1920

Personal weighing scales with five weights and weight suspender in attatched polythene bag. By Maw and Sons, English; London 1891-1930.

personal weighing scales

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1891-1930

Slotted weight for 4 Stone (56 lbs) from steelyard weighing scale, iron, by J G & Co., United Kingdom, 1850-1900.

weighing scale

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1850-1900

Apothecary's upright balance, 18th or early 19th century

Apothecary's upright balance, 18th or early 19th c

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1850

Spatula marked 'EH or EM, Warringted (?)'

Spatula

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Slotted weight for 8 Stone (112 lbs) from steelyard weighing scale, iron, by J G & Co., United Kingdom, 1850-1900.

Weighing scale

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1850-1900

Medicine cabinet, perhaps 17th century, empty, with removable drawers lined with decorate paper, some featuring West Asian imagery. Possibly Mughal era India.

Medicine cabinet, perhaps 17th century, empty, wit

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1701-1800

Aspirator

Therapeutics

Tin plate ear trumpet

Audiology

1801-1900

Set of 21 metal "gutter" limb splints, 1891-1930

Orthopaedics

1891-1930

Lozenge mill late 19th or early 20th century

Pharmacy-ware

1851-1920

Theatre dressing trolley, Medical Supply Association, 167-185 Grays Inn Road, London, W, England, 1930-1955.

theatre dressing trolley

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1955

Metal plaster spreader

Plaster spreader

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small autoclave, brass and iron, by Girodon et Muriet of Lyon, c. 1910

Small autoclave, brass and iron, by Girodon et Mur

Pharmacy-ware

1900-1929

Slotted weight for 8 Stone (112 lbs) from steelyard weighing scale, iron, by J G & Co., United Kingdom, 1850-1900.

weighing scale

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1850-1900

Slotted weight for 2 Stone (28 lbs) from steelyard weighing scale, iron, by J G & Co., United Kingdom, 1850-1900.

weiging scale

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1850-1900