Surgical
Kit, Military, belonging to Peter Turner, M.D. Surgeon, 1st Rhode Island
Regiment, March 15, 1777 & Charles Green, M.D. 1777-1781.
Surgical
case, belonging to Pinchney Webster Ellsworth, M.D., 1860, surgeon in
Civil War. Mfg.Goulding & Co. NY (Ivory handles)
Galvanic
Tractors in leather case; made by Elisha Perkins, M.D. 1798, made of combinations
of copper, zinc, gold, iron, & silver. Used to stroke the affected part
to stimulate the nerves. Quackery or nostrum? (Plainfield, CT)
Cased
artificial eyes (50 per case). Ordered by color, size and whether right
or left is desired; hand blown. Mfg. In Germany, c. 1870. From the office
of Samuel B. St. John, M.D. Donated by: Henry Birge, M.D.
Physician's
saddle bags owned by Dr. Elezear P. Hunt of Tolland Co., 1800. Contents:
medicines, pocket surgical kit bleeding cup.
Automatic
inhalers (mouth type and mask) Mfg. Codman & Shurtleff, Boston, 1890.
Used for nitrous oxide gas inhalation when attached to a bag of gas.
Toothkeys
of assorted types: one in holster, 1750, hand forged of iron, others have
handles of ivory wood, ebony and bone and have a swivel in the claw section
to grasp the tooth.
Dental
office c. 1925 furnishings from Dr. Wm Reid, Hartford
Dental
forceps from c. 1825 hand forged to The Durham Dental Forceps Co. Pat.
1871 mfg. In Hartford, CT.
Horace
Wells Daybook, from May 13, 1841-Nov. 5, 1845 noting patients care and
amount owed written by Wells. Noted is the outstanding debt of W.G.T.
Morton "To operations on teeth and instruction in the Art of Dentistry
per agreement $50.00", dated March 4, 1844.
Wells,
Horace, HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE APPLICATION OF NITROUS OXIDE GAS,
ETHER, AND OTHER VAPORS, TO SURGICAL OPERATIONS. Hartford, 1847 (pub.
J. Gaylord Wells)
- Portraits:
A.
Horace Wells, (1815-1848), artist unknown, c. 1838, oil
B.
Horace Wells, (1815-1848), Chas. Noel Flagg, 1899 oil
C.
James McManus, D.D.S., James Goodwin McManus, 1913, oil
D.
Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt, M.D., (1810-1899), Chas. Noel Flagg, 1893,
oil
- On Special Exhibition
Gurdon Wadsworth Russell, M.D., (1815-1909), Chas. Noel Flagg, 1889,
oil This painting is on loan from AEtna, Inc.
Exhibition Information
Bulkeley,
Gershom- (1635-1713) Manuscripts of the clerical-physician who practiced
in Wethersfield and Glastonbury.