Medical Instruments

A wide assortment of medical artifacts, most of them uncatalogued, have been donated to the Library. Most date from the 19th or early 20th century and include surgical kits and individual surgical instruments, obstetric forceps, dissecting kits, microscopes, various diagnostic tools, medicine chests, pharmacy jars, and Chinese medical instruments.

The collection is in the process of being photographed and catalogued by Alistair Kwan, graduate student in the history of science and Medicine. Over one hundred instruments have been entered.

Link to Historical Artifact Collections.

Several years ago, a student intern catalogued 57 obstetrical and gynecological instruments in the collection.

Link to Collection of Obstetrical Instruments