Outdated Medical Equipment & Procedures

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Popular Mode of Curing Insanity! On June 18, 1860, Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was abducted on her husband’s orders and taken to the insane asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois, where she spent the next three years. After she was released, she wrote profusely. In one volume, "Modern Persecution" or "Insane Asylums Unveiled", she detailed her experiences during that time.
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Late 18thC Syringe made of Bone. This was probably a used to introduce chemicals per urethra for the treatment of syphilis and other venereal diseases which were rife at the turn of the 19th century.
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"Three piston action syringes. The middle one is made from ivory and is French, 18th century. The one on the right is made from vulcanite plastic and leather, late 19th century, and the smaller one is brass with an ivory nozzle, late 19th century, and made by Arnold and Sons of 35 and 36 West Smithfield, London. Treating patients by means of an enema, the introduction of liquid into the rectum, dates back to ancient Egypt."
This microscope, made by Christopher Cock in London in 1665, was used by Robert Hooke of the Royal Society. Hooke is the author of “Micrographia” and was the first person to apply the word “cell” to microscopic structures. This microscope is currently on exhibit at the Museum. (M-030.00276, Photo courtesy of the National Museum Health and Medicine).