Doctor's Bags : Carrying everything the doctor needs to diagnose and treat the sick and injured when making a house call.
Object ID Number:
2017.011.035
Object Name:
Doctors Bag
Type:
Obstetrical Bag
Manufacturer:
"DURO–MASTERMADE" by A S ALOE CO, St Louis, MO
Manufactured from:
1875
Manufactured to:
2025
Description / History:
Brown leather configured carring case with single handle, end clasps, lock and lower compartment with copper case for sterilazation of obstetrical forceps etc.
Interior contents include forceps (2), Cord Scissors, suture needles (2),bulb syringe,hand held scale, aspiration bulb, outer half of irrigation syringe,case of umbilacal tying cord, Hand held
(2) strap held handles for delivery and bag key.
End case bottles (6), two empty and (4) with unknowm contents.
Unknown two pronged instrument.
Dimensions:
H–12.5 W–7 L–17 inches
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