Object Type: Folder
In Folder: RCSI Special Collections
Robert McDonnell's blood transfusion apparatus made by Thompson & O'Neill, Dublin. McDonnell carried out the first human to human blood transfusion in Ireland in April 1865 on a 14 year old girl called Mary Anne Dooley in Jervis Street Hospital. McDonnell received his LRCSI in 1851 and became President of RCSI in 1877.
1865
RCSI/MI/392: Four Ferguson type syringes in boxes. RCSI/MI/398: Syringe dated 1905 found under the floorboards in Steevens Hospital.
RCSI/MI/360- Bone amputation saw with crown and crest decoration. RCSI/MI/680- Metacarpel saw RCSI/MI/683- Curved amputation knife RCSI/MI/880Knife
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