Leather Nurses Chatelaine Set ,S Maw & Sons.
A scarce 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.
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Original Enamelled Door Plate, XRAY DEPT.
A nice original door plate sign reading XRAY DEPT. I believe this may have come from the old Friern Mental Hospital when it closed in 1993. In very good condition. height 50mm width 72mm read more
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 fro recording observation... read more