Health Matters
On Display
Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine and associated computing equipment by Data General, with some smaller items. Illustrated are some �Jedi� helmets used for MRI scans of the brain.
Set of 16 electrodes for APT (Applied Potential Tomography) body imaging, connected to wires terminating in two D-plugs. The electrodes are illustrated attached to a grapefruit which is standing in for a child's head and liquid is injected into the '
Mobile x-ray set for ward radiography, by A. E. Dean and Co. Ltd. with "Aeromax 8" tube by Machlett X-Ray Tubes (Great Britain) Ltd.
Tonoscillograph with tonoscillogram, of the type invented by Professor J Plesch, in a case. Plesch lived in Germany, but this instrument for measuring and recording blood pressure was manufactured by Hawksley and Sons, London.
Hand-carved wooden automaton summarising visually health screening and surveillance programmes.
An an 'artificial kidney' used by Moreen Lewis, one of the first patients to have a dialysis machine at home.
Gesell test objects including a bell, two rattles, a cup, ten large and six small wooden blocks, 1911-1939. These items were used by the American developmental psychologist and physician Dr Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) in his Clinic of Child Development
This is a foetal monitoring system with digital and recorded display of foetal heart rate, intrauterine pressure and uterine activity. It comes with a trolley and accessories and was made by Sonicaid in England.
"The Westminster Profound Hypothermia Apparatus" for cardiac surgery developed by Charles Drew at Westminster Hospital.
Canister of Dr Jenner's indigestion powder, made by Savory and Moore, Ltd, London.
Helical shaped bottle, original packaging, and promotional carrier bag.
The PCR machine automates the process of making large quantities of DNA from a tiny starting sample.