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Description: | Scale from 0.5 to 11.75 in increments of 0.25 (on the shaft of the scope) 42 (engraved on the bayonet joint of the tube and on the eypiece fitting) ROBERT WHITELAW ABERDEEN LTD. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER ABERDEEN (on a small brass plate screwed to the inside of the lid of the box) SIGMOIDOSCOPE (written in pen on a piece of sticking plaster affixed to the front of the box) this has since been disposed of. MANU Robert Whitelaw Aberdeen Ltd mid 20th century Aberdeen Scotland This is a chrome-plated brass sigmoidoscope in its original box with accessories. 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, three spare bulbs and a handle that bolts 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 : ROBERTWHITELAW : 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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