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Description: | The first recorded donations of surgical instruments to the College museum took place in 1816, just three years after the opening of the museum. Today the College has an extensive collection of about 7,000 historical surgical and dental instruments and other items of medical equipment. About 3,200 items are on loan to the Science Museum.
There are instrument sets dating back to the 17th century, as well as a large number of instruments from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection contains instruments used, modified or donated by a number of famous surgeons including Benjamin Brodie, William Fergusson and William Macewen. Amongst the most important are the instruments and scientific apparatus of Joseph Lister (1827-1912). They include some of ListerÃ's prototype carbolic sprays and samples of the catgut ligatures which he developed, as well as his microscope and glass vessels used in his experiments on fermentation.
This is collection is not actively being developed though appropriate material will be acquired when offered; the Museum has an agreement with the Science Museum and does not collect modern surgical instruments. | Subjects: | Surgery People (medical) Medicine Science and technology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)20 7869 6564 | Telephone: | +44 (0)20 7869 6560 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5442 | Go to resource |
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