RCSI Medical Instrument Collection

Photograph of a set of amputation instruments used in the Crimean War (RCSI/MI/1545/02).

3 amputation saws. RCSI/MI/902- Saw with different type of blade. The handle is decorated with the Royal crest. Made by J. Weiss & Son, London.

Apothecaries chest

Binaural stethoscope.Med supply London.

Brass enema syringe. Made by W & H Hutchinson, Sheffield.

Case of field surgical instruments. The label with the instruments is from the Historical Medical Museum, 54A Wigmore Street, London. The label is dated June 21 1813 and reads as follows 'Case of Surgical Instruments picked up on battlefield of Vittoria'.

Cataract scissors

Catheter in leather case.

Cervical dilator

Dissection scalpels and handled needles in wooden case

Forceps, needle holder and skin grafting instruments.

Frommer's Cervical Dilator No. 42. Made by Louwenstein, Berlin.

Liebreich's Ophthalmoscope & Morton's Ophthalmoscope both in wooden cases

Lithotomy set in wooden case. Made by J. Weiss & Sons, London.

Lithotomy set in wooden case. Made by J. Weiss & Sons, London.