Names

Melbourne University Medical History Museum Blood and Bleeding Equipment

IDs

MHM002

http://www.jnmhugateways.unimelb.edu.au/mhm/MHMS002.htm

Descriptions

Blood and Bleeding Equipment collection at the medical History Museum holds over 50 items including cautery instruments; snake-bite treatments; scarifiers; lancets; cupping glasses; blood letting sets; and tourniquets.

The Blood and Bleeding Equipment collection at the medical History Museum holds over 50 items including cautery instruments; snake-bite treatments; scarifiers; lancets; cupping glasses; blood letting sets; and tourniquets. Dr. James Jamieson's medical bag includes a 'percusso' punctuator made by Mayer and Meltzer and a fleam with tortoise shell handle. Other items of interest include a Corrigan cautery set on sale in 1906, a Scarificator with twelve spring loaded blades, and an artificial leech with steel blade and suction tubes made by J. G. Birck, Berlin.

This collection contains a range of medical and scientific instruments of significance to the history of Science in Australia.

Please contact the Medical History Museum, Cultural Collections, University of Melbourne

Please contact the Medical History Museum, Cultural Collections, University of Melbourne

Subjects

Animal structure and function; Blood; Body Fluids; Instrumentation; Medical Equipment; Scientific instruments; Scientists; Social history

Artificial leech; Bleeding; Blood; Cautery; Cupping glasses; Lancets; Medical Equipment; Scarifiers; Scientists; Snake-bite; Social history; Tourniquets

Corrigan; J. G. Birck; James; Jamieson's; Mayer; Meltzer

Coverage Spatial

Berlin; Germany; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Related Collections

Dates

2012-05-30 23:43

2011-06-07 09:52