Zeiss Ultraphot II Photomicroscope with matching work desk and accessories. Serial # 63762. Purchased for $10,500 in January 1966 by Carl Bishop. Last used in 2002.
Wu skull fixed system. China. Used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, the instrument was attached to a burr hole in the skull. Angular adjustments allowed the lesion electrode to be introduced into the deep brain structures; x-rays were used to...
Wooden plaque with black characters bearing inscription: The Overseas Training Section of Private Medical Universities Staff, 1999/9/1. (translated from original Japanese).
W-P Instruments Stimulator system. New Haven, CT: 1970. Built by W-P Instruments of New Haven, Connecticut, this instrument was used to stimulate the brain and spinal cord.
Two piece antique cabinet. [England, c. 1865] Base: Inlaid burled wood with American rock maple; original brass handles. Top: Walnut with antique glass front. The two pieces were not made to go together, but were at some point joined.
The Spiegel-Wycis Medal; bestowed upon Blaine S. Nashold, Jr. by the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgey at Ixtapa, Mexico, October 1993.
Partial contents: v. 1. General surgery -- v. 2. Amputations, wounds, venereal diseases -- v. 3-4. Tissues. Surgery of regions -- v. 5. Head -- v. 6. Various regions and techniques. Appendix: hospitals, military surgeons, history -- v. 7. Supplementary...
Cartoon showing the terror of a patient and his wife as a surgeon opens his bag of instruments. Seeing the skeleton in the cupboard and a poster on the wall advertising a series of anatomical lectures, they fear that the patient will die and his body...
Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France 1949. This rectilinear orthogonial instrument consisted of a heavy frame and fixation pins. Two lateral grids for alignment of the x-ray beam were placed at a distance from the frame to reduce...
4 volumes; illustrations, plates; 25 cm and I. The history of surgery. Pathology. Bacteriology. Infections. Anaesthesia. Fractures and dislocations. Operative surgery.
II. Minor, plastic, and military surgery. Diseases of the bones. Orthopaedic...
Society of Arts Prize Microscope. Compound monocular microscope. Mid 19th century. Brass on wooden base. Wooden case. Drawer and accessories. Unsigned: [Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood, London, c. 1860] This all brass instrument with a claw-footed base,...
Scarificators were used in blood letting and cupping. They feature several lancets operated by a spring to make light incisions. This particular scarificator belonged to Guy Odom, MD.
"Being a half-yearly journal containing a retrospective view of every discovery and practical improvement in the medical sciences."
Imprint varies.
Abstracts of articles from various medical periodicals.
Called also Braithwaite's Retrospect after...
Plaque inscribed: "The renovation of this room was made possible, in part, through the generous gifts of Medical Class of 1966 under the leadership and personal genorosity of class agent Sheila Moriber Katz, MD, MBA and her husband Julian Katz, MD,...
Inscription reads: "The renovation of this room was made possible in part by a gift from the Medical Class of 1965 In honor of their 25th reunion and in memory of Joseph E. Markee, Ph.D (1943-1966) Chairman, Department of Anatomy"
Reichert arc system. Germany. 1951. This arc-radius system used Cartesian and polar coordinates. The instrument's large base allowed the brain target to be approached from any point on the skull. Modified in 1965 by Reichert and Dr. Mundinger, the...
Rand-Urban stereotactic arc system. USA. 1956. This stereotactic instrument was designed as an arc system in order to place the patient's head in various positions. It's clinical application of studies on stereotactically implanted electrodes in...
Rand Stereotactic Instrument for Yttrium Hypophysectomy. Los Angeles: Trent H. Wells of the Mechanical Development Co., 1953. This instrument was used to implant yttrium 90 oxide into the pituitary gland. Probes were introduced by way of the nasal...
Rand and Malcolm radiolucent surgical head holder. USA. 1988. This radiolucent surgical head holder stabilized the patient while allowing direct radiographic visualization of the surgical anatomy without compromising view angles or x-ray geometry. The...
Radionics radio frequency type lesion generator. Burlington, MA: Radionics, Inc., 1970. Built by Radionics, Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, this instrument was used for making deep brain and spinal cord lesions.
Portrait bust of Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen by Christobel Cummings. 1940. Attached to wooden pedestal made by Jock Gault using oak rescued from an old Durham tobacco warehouse.