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Description: | Scale from 1 to 8 in increments of 0.25 (on the shaft of the scope) 2 (engraved on the bayonet joint of the tube and on the eypiece fitting) DOWN BROS. AND MAYER & PHELPS LTD. LONDON (on a small enamel plate screwed to the inside of the lid of the box) T.B. 20/9/51 (written on the inside of the lid of the box) SIGMOIDOSCOPE (written in pen on a self-adhesive paper sticker affixed to the front of the box) this has since been disposed of. MANU Down Bros and Mayer & Phelps Ltd mid 20th century London England This is a chrome-plated brass sigmoidoscope in its original box with accessories. It is shorter than normal, suggesting that it is for use on a child. This instrument was used for the inspection of the mucous membrane of that part of the colon which lies in the pelvis. The set is compised of a chrome-plated brass tube (24.6cm long) with a bayonet fitting on the end piece, a fitting for the end with a 'tap' for the pumping of air into the the tube to distend the bowel, the bulb is also attached to this on the end of a long narrow tube, the electrode for powering the bulb protrudes from this piece, an obturator to allow its introduction through the sphincters, a flex with two elctrodes on one end for attachment to a transformer and a connection for attachment to the tube, an airtight window which slots into the main tube on a bayonet fitting, four spare bulbs (one of which is odd) and a handle that screws in the tube for ease of manipulation. This is all contained within a wooden box with hooks for closure. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SURGICAL : DIAGNOSIS : GLASGOWCOLLEGEOFNURSING : NURSING : TEACHING : SIGMOIDOSCOPE : RECTALEXAMINATION : DOWNBROS : ELECTRIC : MAYER&PHELPS : ELECTRICAL : OPTOELECTRICAL : ELECTRICITY : PELVICOLON : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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