Doctor's bag made of alligator leather, c. 1910.
Wm. Ainsworth & Sons Apothecary Balance Scale in metal and glass case, c. 1930s. Two sets of weights are displayed in front.
Black and brass microscope by Bausch and Lomb, late 1800s.
Portable heart sound recorder from Cambridge Instrument Company, NY.
Electrotherapeutic battery made by the Chloride of Silver Dry Cell Battery Company of Baltimore City, MD. Most recent patent is 1892.
Patented in 1933, the Davidson Pneumothorax Apparatus treated tuberculosis by causing an artificial pneumothorax (collapsed lung) in an attempt to allow the lung to rest and heal.
The Decker Culdoscope: a tool designed for viewing a woman's pelvic cavity through the vagina. c. 1940s-1970s.
Black and brass microscope from the Ernst Leitz company of Wetzlar, Germany, c. 1920s.
1872 edition of Le Mal Francais, Jean de Vigo's text on syphilis.
Leather doctor's bag with tools. This belonged to Dr. Theodore Aschman and is shown with a plaque recognizing service to the Cabot Clinic, a tag giving permission for infant circumcision, and a prescription pad. c.1930-50.