HSLS Exhibits

27 items

• [Assayer Nested Brass Weight Set]
  
  Brass nested weight set for assaying. 5 weights from 1.0 to 16.0. Stamped I T in center of 1.0 weight. Copper plated copper decorative mining pan, 9" diameter.
• Baumanometer
  
  an instrument for measuring blood pressure, typically consisting of an inflatable rubber cuff which is applied to the arm and connected to a column of mercury next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
• Bethel Obstetrical forceps
  
  This instrument is designed to aid in the delivery of the fetus by applying traction to the fetal head.
• Ceremonial Key
  
  Key presented to Dr. Robert A. Moore, Vice Chancellor of the Health Professions, by Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield at the dedication of the Health Professions Building
• Commemorative G.P. Rodnan M.D. chair
  
  A wooden black chair commemorating the work of G.P. Rodnan at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Davenport Hooker's whistle
  
  American anatomist Davenport Hooker's whistle.
• Foldable gout stool
  
  Foldable gout stool
• Framed book catalog card from the National Library of Medicine, Maryland
  
  Framed catalog card for a book titled Discourses. Delivered by appointment before the Cincinnati Medical Library Association, Moore & Anderson, 1852. 93p. Author's autograph presentation copy. Signed. Content. - Early physicians, scenery and society of Cincinnati. - On the origin and influence of medical periodical literature and the benefits of public DAFM. Part of a series of cards encased in plastic, the card was bought at a Medical Library Association meeting.
• Gilbertson's Perfect Inhaler
  
  A nonfunctional replica of Gilbertson's Perfect Inhaler
• Gout Wooden Stool
  
  wooden stool used to raise feet
• Groundbreaking ceremonial Spade
  
  The spade used to break ground for the building of School of the Health Professions at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Haemacytometer
  
  incomplete set, only the lens is in the case with broken black hose like material
• Haemacytometer, or blood cell counting apparatus
  
  red box containing 4 glass pipettes with one relatively complete hose connector shape like item, lens reads improved Neubeuer
• Haemometer Sahli, or Haemoglobinometer
  
  Case inscriptions: Bern, Schweiz [Switzerland]; Name gesetzlich geschutzt // partially completed Haemometer as some black rubber tubes are damaged, black plastic round case with glass pipette inside. Haemometer is an instrument used for the determination of the haemoglobin content (Hb) of the blood
• Kelene Pure Chloride of Ethyl
  
  Kelene (or ethyl chloride) a chemical used as a local anesthetic, empty glass bottle in cardboard box
• Laryngoscope reflector and headband
  
  Adjustable head mirror with adjustable leather strap. Mirror is circular, with a circular aperture and a slightly convex lens encased and backed by steel, which is attached by a fully rotatable and adjustable screw mechanism which allows the mirror to be completely detached from its harness. Strap is of thick brown leather, and has a steel clasp which a snap mechanism for adjusting its length.
• Moses Maimonides
  
  brass bust of Moses Maimonides
• Obstetrical Hodges' forceps
  
  instrument designed to aid in the delivery of the fetus by applying traction to the fetal head
• Otoscope
  
  Otoscope with its parts inside of a case; Welch Allyn Co. Auburn NY makers
• Rodnan Rare Book Room Plaque
  
• Set of Cup Weights
  
  Large set of bronze Spanish cup-weights, 17th-18th cent., from the quarter-ounce to 16 Spanish pounds, in ornamental bronze case with hinged lid and hasp, i.e. 11 weights including the case which forms the largest weight, totaling 32 Sp.lbs. (or 64 "Marks" of Castile).
• Simpli-trol portable model Hindle electrocardiograph
  
  A wooden case with a handle and a brass plaque inscribed: "Made for Bernard Fuchs MD." Case contains portable electrocardiograph. Unlike earlier battery powered photographic models, this is an AC powered instrument.
• Sphygmomanometer
  
  an instrument for measuring blood pressure, typically consisting of an inflatable rubber cuff which is applied to the arm and connected to a column of mercury next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure by increasing and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff.
• Squibb's Collodion Flexible
  
  4 glass bottles; cardboard reads: Liquid Court Plaster to be used on cuts, wounds, abrasions etc.
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  Select instruments from the Curio Cabinet collection on display