Bloodletting set. Wooden, black fabric lined box with four compartments and a syringe rest; set contains 4 dome-shaped cupping cups of hand blown glass, with brass threaded mounts on their proximal end; set includes a brass syringe with plunger and a threaded end to attach to the cupping glasses; set includes a 12 blade scarificator made of a sm...
Created:
1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Blunt hook. Steel instrument shaped in a long steel rounded hook with a blunt, rounded tip; instrument widens slightly toward handle; handle is made from polished ebony with a rough hourglass shape with 6 facets. Blunt hooks are one of the oldest delivery tools, especially in the case of breech births, but up until the 19th century there was lit...
Created:
1801 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Sutures. Stored in brown paper box; contains 3 wax paper packets of sutures. Includes manufacturer markings: ""BOECKMANN'S CATGUT,"" ""Put up in sealed envelopes and sterilized by dry heat in the Laboratory of the Ramsey Co. Medical Society. The gut is aseptic (clean and sterile) and slightly antiseptic (silver ad modum Crede). The 1 week catgut...
Creator:
Boeckmann, Eduard, 1849-1927
Created:
1899
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dilator. Metal mechanical dilator with 4 narrow, ribbed blades tapered toward the tip and covered with ribbed, metal caps; 4 curved metal shanks criss-cross at bottom and connect to handles at mechanical joint; screw mechanism with four-lobed handle at base. Includes manufacturer markings: ""BREVETTATO -- MILANO -- G. MARELLI."" A method...
Creator:
Bossi, Luigi Maria, 1859-1919
Contributor:
G. Marelli (Milan, Italy)
Created:
1900 - 1920?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dilator. Metal mechanical dilator with 4 narrow, ribbed blades tapered toward the tip and covered with ribbed, metal caps; 4 curved metal shanks criss-cross at bottom and connect to handles at mechanical joint; two ribbed handles are held apart at desired length with ratcheting mechanism that pivots from one handle and slots into opposit...
Creator:
Bossi, Luigi Maria, 1859-1919
Created:
1900 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Towel clamps. Small archival box contains 4 towel clamps; each lamp has a tweezer-style construction with crossed shanks and jaws that curve inward and narrow to points where they meet in the middle; ribbing on exterior of handles. Two of the clamps include manufacturer markings: ""SHARP & SMITH,"" and ""STAINLESS U.S.A."" Four of the clamps in...
Contributor:
Sharp & Smith; Pfingst & Company, Inc (Germany)
Created:
1905 - 1939?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine douche. S-shaped stainless steel device with one bulbous, hollow end flanked by two oval-shaped loop handles; other end of device is covered by a second sheath of metal with a rounded tip and two long, oval slits up the sides. Used to help relieve ureterovaginal fistulas, an unexpected opening between the ureter and the vagina that can b...
Created:
1900 - 1930?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dressing forceps. Scissor-style forceps; short catch in loop handles; long shank; long blades with serrated interior; instrument is shaped in a gradual S-curve from shank to blades; shank has a convex curve, blades have a concave curve.
Creator:
Bozeman, Nathan, 1825-1903
Created:
1880 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dressing forceps. Scissor-style forceps; short catch in loop handles; long shank; long blades with serrated interior; instrument is shaped in a gradual S-curve from shank to blades; shank has a convex curve, blades have a concave curve.
Creator:
Bozeman, Nathan, 1825-1903
Created:
1880 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dressing forceps. Scissor-style forceps; short catch in loop handles; long shank; long blades with serrated interior; instrument is shaped in a gradual S-curve from shank to blades; shank has a convex curve, blades have a concave curve.
Creator:
Bozeman, Nathan, 1825-1903
Created:
1880 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dressing forceps. Scissor-style forceps; short ratchet mechanism in loop handles; long shank; long blades with serrated interior; instrument is shaped in a gradual S-curve from shank to blades; shank has a convex curve, blades have a concave curve. Includes manufacturer markings: ""SKLAR GERMANY.""
Creator:
Bozeman, Nathan, 1825-1903
Contributor:
J. Sklar Manufacturing Co (Germany)
Created:
1892 - 1960?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Uterine dressing forceps. Scissor-style forceps; short catch in loop handles; long shank; long blades with serrated interior; instrument is shaped in a gradual S-curve from shank to blades; shank has a convex curve, blades have a concave curve. Includes manufacturer markings: ""13,"" and ""TRUAX GREENE & Co.""
Creator:
Bozeman, Nathan, 1825-1903
Contributor:
Chas. Truax, Greene & Co (Germany)
Created:
1890 - 1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Scale. Brass steelyard-style scale; brass column base; brass beam with poise and 50 gram graduated scale with counterpoise; shorter end of beam has a hook to hang a small brass measuring cylinder. Includes manufacturer markings: ""Curson & Mundy -- N. Y."" A chondrometer is a specific type of scale used to measure samples of grains such as corn,...
Contributor:
Curson & Mundy (New York)
Created:
1870 - 1875?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Scale. Wooden base with large central drawer; equal arm balance-style scale with large central metal column held to base by brass insert; brass knife-edge beam; dangling pan supports in pointed arch shape, with diamond shaped pan supports with round, concave indents for pans to rest; round, slightly concave metal pans with round, protruding hand...
Created:
1801 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.