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Welcome to the Museum of Health Care!

WEBWHO WE AREThe Museum of Health Care. The story of Canadian health and medicine tells how people have preserved health and managed disease, pain, and suffering. The …

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About the Museum of Health Care

WEBThe Museum is located in the Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site, a former residence for student nurses built in 1904, on the grounds of Kingston General Hospital. The …

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Cranioclast From the Collection

WEBInstruments for removing a dead or ailing foetus from within the mother were used to attempt to save the mother’s life. The cranioclast, first invented by Dr. James Simpson in …

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Scarificator From the Collection

WEBBy the 19 th century, the scarificator was an essential tool in the practice of bloodletting. First developed in the early 1700s as a more humane and efficient bloodletting …

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Stomach pump and enema From the Collection

WEBThe tool set pictured here consists of both an enema and stomach pump. The wooden box holds a brass syringe, two flexible hoses, and ivory nozzles. The same syringe would …

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Pill Silverer From the Collection

WEBThe apothecary – as the pharmacist was known at the time – mixed the ingredients and rolled the pills by hand, using pill tiles or machines. Then, pills were moistened with …

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Physician’s saddle bag From the Collection

WEBIn the 1800s physicians answering rural emergencies on horseback draped medical/surgical saddle bags over the horse’s neck. Once a symbol of the family physician, medical bags …

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Yankauer ether mask From the Collection

WEBThe anaesthetic mask pictured here, designed by Dr. Sydney Yankauer (1872-1932) – an American laryngologist and prolific inventor of medical equipment – became a standard …

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Listerism: Antisepsis and the Roots of Modern Surgery

WEB1934.12.3. Lister’s Antiseptic Method. Lister’s antiseptic system, explained first in The Lancet in 1867, relied on carbolic acid as an antiseptic to exclude airborne infection. …

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Scultetus binder From the Collection

WEBThe binder’s effectiveness and safety was the subject of much debate in late 19 th- century medical journals. Also known as a Scultetus binder after its inventor, German surgeon …

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Anastomosis button From the Collection

WEBAnastomosis button. Manufacturer: unknown. Date Made: circa 1915. MeSH Code: Medical Subject Headings. Surgical Instruments. ARTEFACT DESCRIPTION. Once called the …

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A National Perspective: TB in Canada

WEBA National Perspective: TB in Canada. In Canada, in 2011, the incidence of any form of tuberculosis was only 5 per 100,000 according to the World Health Organization (WHO); …

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Fox’s glass leech cupping set From the Collection

WEBARTEFACT DESCRIPTION. The practice of phlebotomy (bloodletting) has origins in ancient Greece. Until the 19 th century, doctors believed that the body comprised four basic …

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For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General …

WEBAt one time hospitals also played a central role in the training of new nurses. From 1886 until 1974, the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was typical of the once …

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