History of Medicine Collection - Instruments and Artifacts HOM-0004
Kristiana Rockne, Laura Olson
H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library
2014
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco 94143-0840
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collections/archives/contact
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library
Title: History of Medicine Collection - Instruments and Artifacts
Identifier/Call Number: HOM-0004
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): n.d.
Preferred Citation
History of Medicine Collection - Instruments and Artifacts, HOM 0004. Archives and Special Collections, UCSF Medical Center
at Mount Zion, H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the Fishbon Memorial Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the H. M. Fishbon Memorial Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion as owner of the physical
items but is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
object 1
Holmes Stereoscope
n.d.
Physical Description:
12.5 x 7 x 7.5 in.
Material Specific Details: Keystone View Company; Meadville, PA, USA
object 2
Holmes Stereoscope
n.d.
Physical Description:
13 x 7 x 5.5 in.
Material Specific Details: USA
object 3
Pneumatic Otoscope
n.d.
Physical Description:
6.5 x 5 x 1.5 in. (case)
object 4
Cystoscope
n.d.
Physical Description:
8.25 x 3.5 x 2 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, NY, USA
object 5
Set of Tuning Forks
n.d.
Physical Description:
9.5 x 7.5 x 1.25 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Scientific Products; McGaw Park, IL, USA
object 6
Proctoscope Set
n.d.
Physical Description:
14.5 x 7.5 x 3 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Engelhard Industries, Inc., National Electric Instrument Division; Elmhurst, NY, USA
object 7
Covered Dish
1934
Physical Description:
6 x 4 x 2 in.
Physical Description: Pewter covered dish with Mount Zion Hospital logo engraved on top.
object 8
Mortar and Pestle
Physical Description:
pestle: 7.5 x 1.5 in.
mortar: 4 x 5.25 in.
Physical Description: Brass
Material Specific Details: Russia
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
Gift of Lena Strauss in memory of Bernard Strauss, MD
object 9
Surgical Stitching Instrument
n.d.
Physical Description:
10.25 x 4 x 1.25 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Singer; New York City, NY, USA
General
Gift of Lena Strauss in memory of Bernard Strauss, MD
object 10
Ravich Improved Cystoscope of Brown-Buerger Type
n.d.
Physical Description:
12.75 x 4.75 x 2.75 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, NY, USA
General
Gift of Lena Strauss in memory of Bernard Strauss, MD
object 11
Brown-Buerger Cystoscope
n.d.
Physical Description:
12.75 x 4.75 x 2.75 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, NY, USA
General
Gift of Lena Strauss in memory of Bernard Strauss, MD
object 12
Medical Bag
n.d.
Physical Description:
14 x 5.5 x 6 in.
General
Gift of Lena Strauss in memory of Bernard Strauss, MD
General
Items found inside medical bag are adrenalin ampoules, aromatic ammonia, bacteriostatic water, empty box of chlor-trimeton,
empty bottle and glass vial, and prescription pad of Bernard Strauss.
object 13
Trowel
n.d.
Physical Description:
15.5 x 10.5 x3.5 in.
General
Mount Zion Hospital from Campbell Brothers upon the occasion of laying the cornerstone, Aug 14, 1912
object 14
Various Glass Bottles
n.d.
object 15
Invalid Feeder
n.d.
Physical Description:
6.5 x 2.75 x 2.25 in.
object 16
Glass Syringe
n.d.
Physical Description:
5.25 x 1 in.
Material Specific Details: MacGregor Instrument Company; Needham, MA, USA
object 17
Glass Syringe
n.d.
Physical Description:
5 x 1 in.
Material Specific Details: Beckton, Dickinson, and Company; Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA
object 18
Glass Syringe
n.d.
Physical Description:
5.25 x 0.75 in.
Material Specific Details: Beckton, Dickinson, and Company; Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA
object 19
Glass Syringe
n.d.
Physical Description:
8.5 x 1 in.
object 20
VIM Hypodermic Syringe Box and Needles
n.d.
Physical Description:
8 x 2.5 x 2 in. (box)
Material Specific Details: MacGregor Instrument Company; Needham, MA, USA
object 21
Glass Syringe
n.d.
Physical Description:
7.25 x 1.5 in.
Material Specific Details: Beckton, Dickinson, and Company; Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA
object 22
Set of Rectal Dilators
n.d.
Physical Description:
6 x 4 x 2 in. (box)
Material Specific Details: F.E. Young and Company; Chicago, IL, USA
object 23
Trephine
n.d.
Physical Description:
5 x 3.75 in.
object 24
Hand Drill
1909
Physical Description:
15 x 3.25 in.
Material Specific Details: Grieshaber
Physical Description: Stainless Steel
object 26
Brown-Buerger Cystoscope
Physical Description:
13.25 x 5.75 x 2.25 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Amercian Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, NY, USA
object 27
McCarty Foroblique Pan-Endoscope
n.d.
Material Specific Details: American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, New York, USA
Physical Description:
13.25 x 5.75 x 2.25 in. (case)
object 28
Tilden Brown Cystoscope
n.d.
Material Specific Details: American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; New York City, NY, USA
Physical Description:
8.75 x 4.5 x 2 in. (case)
object 29
Examination Kit
n.d.
Physical Description:
10.5 x 7 x 2.5 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Boehm Surgical Instrument Corp.
object 30
Dry Ice Apparatus
n.d.
Physical Description:
7.5 x 4.75 x 3 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Kidde Manufacturing; Bloomfield, NJ, USA
object 31
Perineometer
n.d.
Physical Description:
8 x 3.5 x 3.5 in. (case)
Material Specific Details: Perineometer Research Laboratory; Los Angeles, CA, USA
object 32
Menorah
1860
Material Specific Details: Berlin, Germany.
Physical Location: On the landing between the ground and first floors of Mount Zion Hospital.
General
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hyman W. Paley.
object 33
Thomas Rowlandson and the Art of Satire
1971
Material Specific Details: Set of 12 prints reproduced from originals and printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara Ltd. by Lithomasters, Inc.,
New York, NY.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
Gift of Leonard Rosenman, M.D.
General
Editions Medicina Rara, Folio, v.1, no.4, 1971.
object 34
Grandfather Clock
ca. 1900
Physical Location: Located in the Hellman Conference Room, Mount Zion Hospital.
General
Provenance uncertain, but suggested that it was a gift from Mrs. Haas, wife of William Haas, president of the Mount Zion Hospital
Association from 1899-1907.
object 35
Portrait of Harold Brunn
n.d.
General
Painted by Alfred Jonniaux, 1882-1974.
object 36
Engraving of John Hunter
1788
General
Portrait by William Sharp, after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
object 37
Peruvian Tumei
n.d.
Physical Description:
4 x 2 in.
object 38
Plaque
1912
Physical Description:
6 x 4 in.
General
Gift of Harry H. Hilp, Supt. Of Construction of the Mount Zion Hospital and Adelaide W. Hilp for the development of Cardiovascular
Surgery.
object 39
Stereoscopic Viewer
n.d.
Material Specific Details: Sawyer's View-Master, Portland OR.
Physical Description:
4 in x 3.5 x 4.5 in.
General
Item is cataloged in the H.M Fishbon History of Medicine Collection.
object 40
Stereoscopic Viewer
n.d.
Physical Description:
4.25 x 3 in x 3.75 in.
Material Specific Details: Sawyer's View-Master, Portland, OR
General
Cataloged in the H.M. Fishbon History of Medicine Collection
object 41
B-D Jarcho Pressometer
n.d.
General
Suggested by Julius Jacho, M.D., F.A.C.S
General
Becton Dickinson and Co., Rutherford, N.J.
General
Pat 1992803
object 42
Carl Zeiss Jena refractometer / microscope
n.d.
object 43
Model "RT" Insufflator
n.d.
General
Grafax Instrument Company, New York, N.Y.
object 44
Plaque, the Women of "7" West
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
Donated by Denise Lovejoy, RN
object 45
Sanborn Viso Cardiette portable ECG machine
n.d.
General
Engraved plate on front: Made for Betty Modley, MD by Sanborn Company, Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.
object 46
Nikon Microscope
n.d.
General
Gift of Julius R. Greenberg, MD
General
In wood case, includes additional lenses; model 69862
object 47
Antique scale
n.d.
General
Gift of Julius R. Greenberg, MD
General
Made in England; warranted accurate
object 48
Plaque, in memory of Julius R. Greenberg, M.D.
1999
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
"A guiding light for gastroenterology and academic excellence at Mount Zion. Donated by Jeffrey M. Aron, M.D., with support
from the Rubin L. Gold Fund"
General
On reverse: Dedication ceremony, Noon, Friday, July 2, 1999. Present: Jeffrey M. Aron, M.D., Beret Aune, Jean Chan, Jeanne
Dean, Anthony Hartley, Jon Kilcrease, Gail Sorrough, Richard Ury, and Gloria Won
object 49
Plaque, Melvin M. Swig Satellite Library EST. 1996
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
object 50
Plaque, Sinai Memorial Library 1958-1979
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
"In recognition of the continuing generous contributions of the Sinai Memorial Chapel since 1958"
object 51
Plaque, Jellinek-Nahman Library 1940-1979
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
"IN MEMORY OF Emil O. Jellinek, M.D., Chief of Medicine (1865-1939), Adolph H. Nahman, M.D., Chief of Outpatient Dept. (1877-1935)"
object 52
Plaque, The Albert Lincoln Brown, M.D. Reading Room
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
object 53
Plaque, Jacob S. Kasanin Memorial Library
n.d.
object 54
Plaque, David A Susnow, M.D. 1955
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
object 55
Plaque, Newton Hart Shapiro M.D. 1954
n.d.
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
object 56
Plaque, volunteers, 5000 hours of service
1972-1995
Physical Location: Fishbon Library, Mount Zion
General
Mrs. Myron B. Goldsmith, 1972; Mrs. Arthur Windmiller, 1972; Miss Ruth
Samuelson, 1973; Mrs. L. Elliot Grafman, 1974; Mrs. Julius Scheuer, 1974; Miss Katherine Simon, 1974; Mr. David Newman, 1976;
Mr. Julius Scheuer, 1976; Mrs. Frank Weinstock, 1977; Mrs. Mervyn Appel, 1977; Mrs. David Newman, 1979; Mrs. Sandor Maibaum,
1980; Mrs. Irma Manase, 1980; Mrs. Sidney Rummelsburg, 1981; Mrs. Gerald Stoff, 1981; Mrs. Thomas H. Bebaryshe, 1982; Mrs.
Maxwell Lapkin, 1982; Miss Ruth Ann Rosenberg, 1982; Miss Anna Grossman, 1985; Mrs. Edward Newman, 1985; Mrs. Sol Silverman,
1985; Mrs. Mel Nathan, 1986; Mrs. David Geller, 1986; Mrs. Gary Lehman, 1986; Mrs. Ben Blum, 1986; Mrs. Richard Maier, 1987;
Mrs. Robert May, 1987; Mrs. Rose Siu, 1987; Mrs. Leo Rosenthal, 1988; Mrs. Robert Guggenheim, 1989; Neil Rosenblatt, D.M.D.,
1989; Mr. Rudolph Guttmann, 1990; Mrs. Julian Davis, 1991; Mr. Max Hamrol, 1991; Miss Alma Kosiba, 1992; Bernie Rosenberg,
1995; Jerry Salomon, 1995; Gerald A. Stoff, 1995; Ann Millhauser, 1995; Richard Ury, 1995; Mrs. Geri Rosenfeld, 1995
object 59
Thomas Sydenham, M.D.
1747
oversize 1, folder 1
Encylcopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
1758
General Note
Four plates from the Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers by Denis Diderot and Jean
le Rond d'Alembert
General Note
Gift from Dr. Bruce Friedman
oversize 1, folder 2
Hydrophobia, Caricature of Louis Pasteur
January 8, 1887
General
Reproduction of a lithograph by Théobald Chartran. The original was featured in Vanity Fair, no. 372, January 8, 1887. Published
by Vincent Brooks Day and Son.
oversize 1, folder 3, object 57
William Harvey, M.D., In the Collection of Dr. Mead
1739
General
Reproduction of engraving by Jacobus Houbraken. Published by John and Paul Knapton.
General
2 copies, one framed
oversize 1, folder 4
Phi Delta Epsilon, Alpha Phi
February 26, 1928
oversize 1, folder 4
Phi Delta Epsilon Chapter Alpha Phi
1930
General Note
Initiation Banquet 1930
From Bottom Left Outside: Rubin Ratner, A.B. Sirbu, Maurice Robinson, Jacob Smith, Ben Hallombe, Harold Schiller, Sam Sherman,
Max Bay, Harry Davis, Sam Goldman, Alvin Cerf, Edward Levin, Leon Rosove, Frank Harris, Fred Firestone, Sam Welfield, Norman
Epstein, Morris Silverberg, David Susnow, Abe Bernstein, Lewis Grodsky, Russell Rypins, Alfred White, Laurence Trauner, Max
Fine, Sam Cohn.
From Bottom Left Inside: Sidney Gospe, Harry Grayman, Max Polse, Joseph Jellen, Harry Schenk, Peter Manjous, Harris Fishbon,
Alexander Baron, Herbert Dreyfus, Sol Alpert, Charles Freed, Harry Zide, Simson Marcus, Sam Ossepow, Gerson Biskind, Aubrey
Davis, Frank Rice.
oversize 1, folder 5
Three portraits of unidentified men
n.d.
General
Three portrait prints of unidentified men. Created by EC Templier, Paris.
oversize 1, folder 6
Unidentified print of man
n.d.
General
Print of an unidentified man in a dissecting lab.
box 2, folder 7, item 1
Herbert Charles Moffitt medallion
n.d.
General
On front: Herbert Charles Moffitt MCMXXX; on back: In appreciation of inspiring leadership from his colleagues in the University
of California Medical School
General
Dr. J.J. Sampson, 5/83
box 2, folder 9, item 1
Sumerian clay cone
n.d.
General
Clay cone and replica clay tablets. Gift of J.R. Greenberg, MD
oversize 1, folder 10
Egyptian papyrus: circumcision
n.d.
General
Gift of J.R. Greenberg, MD
oversize 3, folder 11
Print, Damian and Cosmas (300 A.D.)
n.d.
General
"Typifying twinship of Pharmacy and Medicine, Arabian Christian twin brothers Damian and Cosmas practiced together until martyred
304 A.D. Canonized 200 years later, they became patron saints of Pharmacy and Medicine."
oversize 3, folder 12
Print, An angel of mercy
1855
oversize 1, folder 13
Print, Thomas Sydenham, M.D.
1785
oversize 1, folder 14
Isabel Hampton Robb, 1860-1910
n.d.
General
First president of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada founded in 1896. In 1911, this organization
became the American Nurses Association.
oversize 1, folder 15
Clara Barton, 1821-1912
n.d.
oversize 1, folder 16
Emanuel Libman, M.D.
1936
General
Autographed: To Frank Gassman, with my best wishes, Emanuel Libman, June 1st, 1936
oversize 3, folder 17
Jane A. Delano, 1862-1919
n.d.
oversize 3, folder 18
Oath of Hippocrates
1927
General
Gift of J.J. Sampson, MD
