The Medical Center Library maintains a small collection of medical instruments and other artifacts related to medicine and health care. The collection has items of historical significance to Duke as well. A neurosurgical stereotactic equipment...
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,...
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"
Plaque with description and dedication by William G. Anlyan honoring the original faculty of Duke Medicine whose names are listed on the four other plaques.
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nashold arc system. USA. 1969. Based on the arc principle, this instrument was unique since it was made specifically to lesion the cerebellar dentate nucleus. Designed by Drs. Blaine Nashold and Graham Slaughter and John Harrison, an Australian...
Heimberger arc system. USA. 1972. This arc system was made in 1972 by Dr. Robert Heimberger, professor of Neurosurgery at Indiana University Medical Center. The instrument was unique in that the patient was placed in the instrument in the lateral...
Bertrand rectilinear system. Canada. 1953. Dr. Claude Bertrand, the French Canadian neurosurgeon, introduced his pneumotaxic guide in 1953 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It was based on the orthogonal system combined with rectolinear...
Austin and Lee burr hole system. USA. 1956. The basic design consisted of a device mounted on a burr hole in the skull. It allowed guidance at various angular adjustments. By passing the needle through the trephine after attaching the socket, AP...
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...
Grass stimulator system. Quincy, MA: Grass Medical Instruments, 1970. 5 instruments. Built by Grass Medical Instruments of Quincy, Massachusetts, these instruments were used to stimulate the brain and spinal cord.
Avery Labs stimulator system. Farmingdale, NY. 1970. 6 instruments: 2 Brain and spinal cord stimulators. 1cutaneous, 1 transcutaneous and 2 neuro. The Avery Electrical Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulator was built by Avery Labs in Farmingdale, New...
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.
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.
MR/CT Compatible arc-phantom target system. Burlington, MA: Radionics. 1987. Built by Eric R. Cosman, PhD, Theodore S. Roberts, MD & Trent H. Wells, Jr.. Known as the CRW System.
The Duke University Medical Center Library Stereotactic Museum was established to preserve the stereotactic instruments that significantly impacted the field of neurosurgery. The collection is largely due to the generosity of Drs. Robert...