16 Vintage Medical Devices That Will Terrify Your Soul
By
Editorial Staff in
Geeks and Gaming
On 25th May 2015
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1. Stainless steel syringe from the 1940s looks like a weapon.
2. Tonsil snare from 1910 reminds me how grateful I am for the NHS
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3. For those times you just really need to hold a chest open, get some double-ended abdominal operating retractors.
4. Who doesn’t have a hospital bed pan filled with syringes?
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5. That’s what dental molds looked like back in the day.
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6. A set of vintage medical teeth.
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7. Stock up on creepy, old syringes
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8. Straight out of Saw’s workshop.
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9. A porcelain hospital enema pail.
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10. DIY electrotherapy kit from the 1920s.
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11. If a surgeon approached me with this surgical scalpel I’d run a mile.
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12. To cure any and all ailments, pick up the Shelton Violet Ray. One shock and you’ll be sorted.
13. The osteotome was considered superior to a hammer and chisel when it came to getting through human bone without splintering nearby tissue.
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14. When a male’s urethra became too narrow to permit proper urine flow, doctors used a stricture divulsor. Yep. No thank you.
15. A phantom or model was used to let doctors learn and practice techniques.
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16. For the removal of hemorrhoids and other growths, tumors, polyps, and cysts in the esophagus, larynx, uterus, or ovaries, an écraseur (French for “crusher”) was the instrument of choice.
