Medical and nursing instruments

This page lists items in the database related to historical medical and nursing instruments for diagnosis, therapy and healthcare:

• 18th Century Medicine Case in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

• 18th Century Enema Syringes in the Musée des Plantes Médicinales et de la Pharmacie, Brussels

• 19th century Cervical dilator in the St. Thomas' Hospital's old Herb Garret, London

• 19th century nipple shield in St. Thomas' Hospital's old Herb Garret, London

• 1958 Heart-Lung Machine in The Science and Art of Medicine gallery of the Science Museum, London

• Adelchi Negri's memorabilia in the Museo per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia, Pavia

• Alessandro Codivilla's memories in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

• Alexander Fleming’s first microscope in the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, St Mary's Hospital, London

• Almroth Wright's field microscope in the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, St Mary's Hospital, London

• Almroth Wright's opsonisation bath in the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, St Mary's Hospital, London

• Alphonse Laveran's microscope and surgical instruments in the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris

• Alvis Motor Company iron lung in the Science Museum, London

• Ancient Mortars in the Antica Farmacia Pesci, Rome

• Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri's surgical instruments in the Casa-Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri in Montefoscoli

• Angelo Mosso's Ergograph in the Accademia di Medicina di Torino, Turin

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's microscope (replica) in the Museo di Storia della Medicina, Rome

• An x-ray room in the 1930s in the Glimpses of Medical History gallery, Science Museum, London

• Appliances for Thalidomide victims in The Science and Art of Medicine gallery of the Science Museum, London

• 'Art Nouveau' radiological apparatus in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Bandage winders in St.Thomas' Hospital's old Operating Theatre, London

• Bladder stones extractor in Museo di Storia della Medicina Dr.Ottavio Badessa, Messina

• Bath therapy tools in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Bifocals in the Benjamin Franklin's house and museum in Philadelphia

• Brain slicing machine in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Bovie CSV electrosurgical unit in Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, in Boston

• Bronchoscope (Kassai type) in the Sziklakórház - Hospital in the Rock Museum in Budapest

• Cage bed in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Carlo Forlanini's hyperbaric chamber in the Museo per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia, Pavia

• Carriage Ambulance in the Tiberio Evoli Hospital, Melito Porto Salvo

• Cerletti's First Electroshock Apparatus in the Museo di Storia della Medicina, Rome

• Chest Drainage in the First Army Florence Nightingale Museum, inside the Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul

• Chinese diagnostic dolls in the Medicine Man exhibition gallery in The Wellcome Building, London

• Chronophotography's section in the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin

• Coolidge X-ray Tube in the The Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine, London

• Cupping and scarification in St. Thomas' Hospital's old Herb Garret, London

• Davis Kidder's patent magneto electric machine for nervous disease in Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, in Boston

• Desormeaux's endoscope in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Dr Bruce's Electrotherapy Room in 1905 in the Glimpses of Medical History gallery, Science Museum, London

• Dr. Charles Gordon's surgeon's kit in Paul S. Russell, MD museum of medical history and innovation, in Boston

• Dupuy de Frenelle anaesthesia apparatus in the Hôpital Notre Dame à la Rose, Lessines

• Early XIX century operating table in St.Thomas' Hospital's old Operating Theatre, London

• Early ECG recorder in The Science and Art of Medicine gallery in the Science Museum, London

• Early MGH X-ray tube in Paul S. Russell, MD museum of medical history and innovation, in Boston

• ECG apparatus used on King George VI (c.1951) in The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre and Museum, London

• Edoardo Porro's memorabilia in the Museo per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia, Pavia

• Einthoven galvanometer in the Charité, Berlin

• Emerson Respirator or Iron lung, in the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago

• Ernesto Che Guevara's medical instruments in Havana

• Enrico Bottini's surgical memorabilia in the Museo per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia, Pavia

• Étienne-Jules Marey's instruments and memories in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Fabrizi da Acquapendente's Oplomochlion (reconstruction) in the Museo di Storia della Medicina, Rome

• Feeding tools for nursing in St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum, London

• Fork-Prosthesis in Hôpital Notre Dame à la Rose, Lessines

• Francesco Rizzoli's osteoclast in the Scuola Grande di San Marco and Ospedale Civile SS. Giovanni e Paolo’s historical collection in Venice

• Francesco Rizzoli's surgical earmuffs in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

• Galilean compound microscope in the Museo Galileo, Florence

• Giuseppe Moscati's personal belongings in the Stanze Moscati, Naples

• Hand prosthesis after Ambroise Paré (reconstruction) in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Heart lung machine pump in Paul S. Russell, MD museum of medical history and innovation, in Boston

• Inductors with Grenet battery for electrotherapy in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Instrumentarium Chirurgicum Viennense in the Josephinum, Vienna

• Iron lungs 56 in Pauls Stradiņš Medicine History Museum in Riga

• ISS Electron Microscope in the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome

• Japanese Acupuncture figure in the Medicine Man exhibition gallery in The Wellcome Building, London

• Jean Civiale's lithotrite in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine, Paris

• Laennec's Monaural Stethoscope in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Boston

• Lambert X-Ray Tube Stand in the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago

• Larrey's 'flying ambulance' (model) in the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées at the Hôpital d'instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce, Paris

• Late 19th century Crookes Tube in The Science and Art of Medicine gallery of the Science Museum, London

• Lettiga a mano "di volata" in Borgo Trento Hospital, Verona

• Lithium-ion battery memorial tablet in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford

• Lucas-Championnière-type antiseptic steam sprayer in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Marey tambour in the Charité, Berlin

• Meakins' Chinese diagnostic dolls in the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, Montreal

• Menecrates of Tralles' medical instruments in the National Archaeological Museum of Volcei in Buccino

• Mercury vacuum pump in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Microscopes coupling in the Musée des Plantes Médicinales et de la Pharmacie, Brussels

• Morton's ether inhaler in Paul S. Russell, MD museum of medical history and innovation, in Boston

• Morton's Ether Inhaler (1846) - facsimile in The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre and Museum, London

• Nicola Pende's medical instruments in the reconstruction of Nicola Pende's consulting room, Noicattaro

• Obstetrical forceps (c. 1726) in the Medicine Man section of the The Wellcome Building, London

• Obstetric bed (c. 1850) in the Museum of Medical Instrumentation in Siena

• old Acupuncture models in the Acupuncture Museum of the Institute of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, of CACMS (China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences), Beijing

• Old shackles for the mentally ill in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Old Institute Of Human Anatomy

• Operating table of the Evelina Hospital for Children in St. Thomas' Hospital's old Herb Garret, London

• Ophthalmological tools (c.1950) in the Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini - Complesso Museale, Naples

• Optical rectoscope in the Sziklakórház - Hospital in the Rock Museum in Budapest

• Philippe Ricord's specula in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine, Paris

• Phrenological head in Museum Dr.Guislain, Ghent

• Phrenological Head Model in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Boston

• Picker X-ray Generator in the Museo Anatomico 'Leonetto Comparini', Siena

• Pierre Joseph Desault's surgical saw in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine, Paris

• Prosthetic hand with interchangeable tools in the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées, Paris

• Prototype kidney dialyser in the Science Museum, London

• René Laennec's original stethoscopes in the Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Rhinoplasty bandage after Tagliacozzi (reconstruction) in the Museo di Storia della Medicina, Rome

• Ritter "Model A" Dental X-Ray Machine in the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago

• Salvatore Calabrese's medical and surgical instruments in the Associazione "Salvatore Calabrese", Campi Salentina (Le)

• Schulthess Scoliosometer in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

• Showcase of surgical instruments founded in the The Surgeon's home of Pompei and conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Naples.

• Smart pump in Paul S. Russell, MD museum of medical history and innovation, in Boston

• Spoons for hysterical women in the Scuola Grande di San Marco and Ospedale Civile SS. Giovanni e Paolo’s historical collection in Venice

• Starr-Edwards prosthetic heart valves in the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Montreal

• Stefano Romeo's medicine case in Santo Stefano di Aspromonte

• Stéphane Tarnier's monument (with his incubator) in Paris

• Casa-Museo Vaccà Berlinghieri in Montefoscoli with:
  • Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri's bust
  • Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri's surgical instruments

• Surgical teaching doll in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, London

• Tambour Sphygmograph in The Science and Art of Medicine gallery of the Science Museum, London

• The "Viseur" Room in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

• Turkish lantern in the Florence Nightingale Museum, London

• William Thomson's lantern for the Detection of Color Blindness in the College of Physicians, Philadelphia

• Étienne-Jules Marey's chronophotographic gun in Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris

• First Italian removable public toilet in Museo delle Arti Sanitarie, Naples

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