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Vintage Bandage Winder,Royal Salop Infirmary School of Nursing

Vintage Bandage Winder,Royal Salop Infirmary School of Nursing

An interesting piece of Nursing History being a wooden and metal frame for use in rewinding bandages. It was the usual practice to wash and reuse bandages and this adjustable frame was used to rewind them into tight rolls ,ready for reuse. it has a brass screw at the top which allows the width to be adjusted and thus keep the bandages tight .The central rod with wooden handle would have the end...  read more

Code: 53991

30.00 GBP

Nurses15 Second Pulse Timer

Nurses15 Second Pulse Timer

A nurses pulse timer dating to around the First World War period
It consists of the glass egg timer calibrated for 15 seconds within a base metal protective cover.This has a small attachment to the lid allowing it to fixed to a chain and worn from the belt.
Prior to the availability of cheap watches this would have been part of the Nurses basic equipment for recording observations...  read more

Code: 53764

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Nurses Leather Chatelaine set with instruments

Nurses Leather Chatelaine set with instruments

Another of these rare surviving pieces of Nursing equipment from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A Nurses chatelaine set of equipment in a leather case.These were widespread from the Mid Victorian era up until just after the First World War.Worn suspended from a nurses belt these would contain the nurses tools of her trade of the time. The contents could vary slightly but this is a fair...  read more

Code: 53376

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Victorian Silver Plated Medical Tongue Depressor

Victorian Silver Plated Medical Tongue Depressor

An unusual item of Medical equipment from the Victorian (or possibly earlier)era. A doctors boxed silver plated tongue depressor. the folding hinged item is 97mm long and when open, to just under 90 degrees,is weight slightly for ease of use.It comes in its original fitted wooded lined case(which unfortunately has damage to the hinge).It carries silver plate marks for SC&Co. and a crown, which ...  read more

Code: 53439

60.00 GBP

Midwifery Stork Umbilical Cord Clamps

Midwifery Stork Umbilical Cord Clamps

A rare vintage silver plated metal stork which were intended as umbilical cord clamps.They stand on one claw foot with a scissor type mechanism, hinged at the eye.The storks bill with serrations forms the clamp . A rare and interesting piece .Height 90mm
See;http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionaryumbilicalscissors.html  read more

Code: 52732

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Rare Nurses Leather Chatelaine set and Equipment

Rare Nurses Leather Chatelaine set and Equipment

Another rare piece of, what was once, a basic piece of Nursing equipment, mainly a Nurses chatelaine set of equipment in a leather case.They were widespread from the Mid Victorian era up until just after the First World War.Worn suspended from a nurses belt these would contain the nurses tools of her trade of the time. The contents could vary slightly and this is a fairly typical example.
...  read more

Code: 53136

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Nurses 15 Second Pulse Timer

Nurses 15 Second Pulse Timer

A nurses pulse timer dating to around the First World War period
It consists of the glass egg timer calibrated for 15 seconds within a base metal protective cover.This has a small attachment to the lid allowing it to fixed to a chain and worn from the belt.
Prior to the availability of cheap watches this would have been part of the Nurses basic equipment for recording observations...  read more

Code: 52675

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Leather Nurses Chatelaine set with equipment

Leather Nurses Chatelaine set with equipment

Another rare piece of, what was once, a basic piece of Nursing equipment, mainly a Nurses chatelaine set of equipment in a leather case.They were widespread from the Mid Victorian era up until just after the First World War.Worn suspended from a nurses belt these would contain the nurses tools of her trade of the time. The contents could vary slightly but this is a fairly typical example.
...  read more

Code: 52392

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Nurses Leather Chatelaine set with instruments,W.H Bailey & Sons

Nurses Leather Chatelaine set with instruments,W.H Bailey & Sons

A rare survivor of,what was once,a basic piece of Nursing equipment,mainly a Nurses chatelaine set of equipment in a leather case.They were widespread from the Mid Victorian era up until just after the First World War.Worn suspended from a nurses belt these would contain the nurses tools of her trade of the time. The contents could vary slightly but this is a fairly typical example.
It c...  read more

Code: 51994

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Nurses 15 Second Pulse Timer

Nurses 15 Second Pulse Timer

A nurses pulse timer dating to around the First World War period
It consists of the glass egg timer calibrated for 15 seconds within a base metal protective cover.This has a small attachment to the lid allowing it to fixed to a chain and worn from the belt.
Prior to the availability of cheap watches this would have been part of the Nurses basic equipment for recording observations...  read more

Code: 51985

SOLD