Alpine-Sun Ultra-Violet and Sollux Infra Red Duo Therapy Light Machine
This Sollux lamp was used in physiotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. Heat generated by the lamp was used to treat the patient. During treatment the patient was bathed in infra-red ...
Arm Support
Arm support for Christine Daly made at Warwick hospital in 1957.
Christine wore this arm support for 12-18 months after being diagnosed with polio in 1957. Her class teacher, Mr Ray Elliott, helped ...
Assorted Hooks For Physiotherapy Sling Apparatus
These hooks were used with sling apparatus in physiotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. Slings were hooked to pulleys on a frame above the patient's bed. During treatment the patient's ...
Bag Of Clips And Attachments For Electrodes And Wires For Low Frequency Treatments
These clips and hooks were used to attach electrodes during low frequency electrotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. The electrodes were soaked in saline solution and applied over ...
Bag Of Electrical Treatment Electrodes And Pads
These electrodes were used in low frequency electrotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. The electrodes were soaked in saline solution and applied over the muscles that required ...
Bath Chair Plate
This brass plaque was fixed to a Bath Chair at a Leamington bathhouse. Spas were often quite large, and receiving the full benefits of the treatment would require visiting several bathhouses. So that ...
Bleeding Bowl
Delft bleeding bowl or porringer England c.1720 It has a bluish tint to the base and is decorated with a darker blue frieze of ivy. The handle is characteristic of Bristol.
Bone Syringe
This is a bone syringe with a long cylinder and solid plunger. There is no needle with this item.
Bosch Short-Wave Therapy Unit
This is a Bosch short-wave therapy unit. It was used in physiotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. The short-wave therapy unit used deep heat to treat parts of the body that were ...
Bottle
Bottle of Surgical Spirit from Wyleys Ltd Wholesale and Manufacturing Chemists, Coventry. Surgical Spirit is made from ethanol and methanol and is used to sterilise surfaces and to cleanse skin abrasions ...
Bottle
Half gallon bottle of medicinal liquid paraffin from Wyley's Ltd Wholesale and Manufacturing Chemists, Coventry. Medicinal paraffin is a highly refined mineral white oil used in Infrared Spectroscopy ...
Box for Nasal Irrigator
This cardboard box from 1910 contains a glass nasal irrigator. Directions for using the irrigator are printed onto the side of the box.
Cable
A grey cable with a socket at one end and a metal connector at the other.
Canvas Strap
This strap was used in hydrotherapy treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms. During treatment the strap was placed underneath the patient as they lay in the water. It was attached to ropes that were suspended ...
Carron Oil (Solidified)
An oblong gold coloured tin box with a white paper label. The label reads carron oil [solidified] for burns and scalds, caster oil for the eye, protective skin, waterproof jacket. There is a horse symbol ...
Catalogue
Schall Electro-Medical Apparatus Bulletin No. 1034/1. A catalogue of galvanic, faradic and sinusoidal therapy apparatus published by Schall & Son Ltd, London, about 1940. This sort of medical equipment ...
Catalogue
Electro Medical Supplies Diathermy Apparatus and Accessories catalogue, published in 1949. There is an introduction by Dr Elkin P. Cumberbatch. There are two loose leaf sheets within the booklet: a price ...
Catalogue
Catalogue for the Megatherm short-wave therapy unit and the Megatherm Junior portable short-wave unit, made by EMS in about 1940. This sort of medical equipment was used at the NHS physiotherapy treatment ...