From the October 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Each month, we visit Dr. Blaufox’s Museum of Historical Medical Artifacts to take a look back at the medical equipment that cleared the way for what patients encounter in doctors’ offices and operating rooms of today.
Some equipment may be recognizable, while other featured inventions have since become obsolete or have had their usefulness discredited. The picture and description appear courtesy of Dr. M. Donald Blaufox, M.D., Ph.D., from his website: www.mohma.org.
Category: Pre-19th Century Instruments: Microscope
Estimated Date: 1700
Name: Microscope, Wilson type, screw barrel
Description: A fishskin case, black, with green lining, contains a 2 1/8” x 1” brass unsigned Wilson-type microscope with two extra lenses in the case, a 1 7/8” turned brass and ivory handle and three ivory mounted specimen holders with four circular viewing spaces. May be missing forceps.
