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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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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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Etiology: Introduction to TB

WEBTuberculosis is caused by an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rod-shaped bacteria that are spread mostly through air-born droplets or dust microparticles of dried …

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Seton Needle From the Collection

WEBSeton needles first became popular in the 15 th century as a means of producing counter-irritation. This approach to medical treatment believes that the creation of a superficial …

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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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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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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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Medicine chest From the Collection

WEBThe Museum of Health Care at Kingston is largely supported by gracious contributors like you. You can help preserve the historic legacy of Canada's only Health Care Museum …

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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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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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Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present

WEBThe Museum of Health Care partnered with the Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present group to host a nursing history event every Nursing Week from 2011 to 2016. …

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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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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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Enema syringe From the Collection

WEBEnema syringe. ARTEFACT DESCRIPTION. Enemas were a mainstay of medicine for centuries. This enema syringe, also known as a clyster, reflects the early nineteenth …

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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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