Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CYSTOSCOPE, CHILD RESECTOSCOPE

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

WOOD, STEEL, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

18

Height

6

Length

30

Width

16.1

Description

1. CASE - FINISHED WOOD CASE WITH STAINLESS STEEL HINGES. CASE HAS ROUNDED CORNERS AND EDGES AND STAINLESS STEEL CLOSURE ON FRONT. BOTTOM OF CASE HAS WOOD FITTINGS WHICH HOLD SCOPE AND PARTS. AT BACK OF BOTTOM IS RECTANGULAR BOX WITH 20.7 X 2.8CM ALUMINUM PLATE COVER. COVER IS BLACK WITH SILVER BORDER. COVER READS "AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y." WITH "WAPPLER A.C.M.I." LOGO WITH TWO EYES AT EACH END. ALSO READS "TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." AND "DESIGNERS AND SOLE PRODUCERS OF WAPPLER AND A.C.M.I. INSTRUMENTS SINCE 1900". RIVETED TO INSIDE OF LID IS PLASTIC PLAQUE WITH FOUR FIGURES DEMONSTRATING USE. ACROSS TOP READS "THE STERN-MCCARTHY VISUAL PROSTATIC ELECTROTOME" AND MANUFACTURER'S INFO. ON TOP OF LID IS WHITE TAPE WITH "CHILD'S RESECTOSCOPE 2-#12 SHEATHS". ON FRONT IS SMALLER TAPE WITH "CHILDS RESECTOSCOPE" AND WHITE PAPER LABEL BENEATH THAT HAS "21487" IN RED INK. 2. RESECTOSCOPE - 24.5CM(L) X 4.5CM (H) STEEL SCOPE. SCOPE HAS BLACK BAKELITE EYE PIECE ATTACHED TO STEEL FRAME. FRAME HAS FLUTED EDGE AND HOUSING THAT MOVES ALONG TREAD. HOUSING HAS CYLINDRICAL TURN SHAFT WITH WHITE KNOB ON EITHER SIDE. NARROW STEEL TUBE PROTRUDES FROM OTHER END OF FRAME WITH TINY GLASS BULB AT END. STAMPED INTO COLLAR IN FRONT OF EYEPIECE IS "AMER. CSYTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC. N.Y. 123996 MADE IN U.S.A." AND "LAMP NO.22". 3. TWO RESECTOSCOPE SHEATHS - EACH IS CYLINDRICAL STAINLESS STEEL COLLAR WITH HEXAGONAL LOCKING HANDLE. OUTSIDE COLLAR TURNS AROUND INSIDE ONE TO LOCK SHEATH IN PLACE. ALSO HAS MANUFACTURER'S INFO AS ABOVE STAMPED INTO COLLAR AND "12F" AS WELL. STEEL TUBE IS MOLDED AT RIGHT ANGLE TO SECOND COLLAR AND HAS RAISED BULB END. WHITE PLASTIC HUB IS SET INTO END OF COLLAR WITH LACQUERED FIBROUS TUBE EXTENDING FROM HUB. END OF HUB HAS PORTION CUT AWAY. 4. OBTURATOR - 18.5CM LONG STAINLESS STEEL SHAFT WITH WIDE BULBOUS TIP AND COLLAR WITH HANDLE AT OPPOSITE END. HANDLE HAS NARROW NECK THAT WIDENS TO ROUNDED BUTT. COLLAR HAS TWO STEEL PINS PERPENDICULAR TO COLLAR OPPOSITE EACH OTHER. HANDLE HAS "A.C.M.I." STAMPED INTO IT. 5. TWO ELECTRODES - EACH IS STEEL SHAFT 18.3CM LONG WITH SPLIT "Y" END COVERED WITH RED RUBBER. WIRE LOOP CONNECTS BRANCHES OF "Y" ON END. OPPOSITE END HAS SINGLE LEAD WITH RUBBER COVERING AS WELL. ELECTRODES HAVE 6.5CM LONG CLEAR RUBBER TUBE TO PROTECT ENDS. 6. TAPS - EACH TAP HAS ROUND BULB CENTER WITH TUBES ON EITHER SIDE. THE LONGER TUBE HAS THREADED END AND OPPOSITE END HAS ROUND RIM END. TOP OF BULB CENTER HAS TAP WITH TEARDROP HANDLE. THERE ARE FOUR SMALLER TAPS MEASURING 3CM IN LENGTH AND ONE LARGER ONE THAT IS 4CM IN LENGTH. 7. TOOMEY ADAPTOR - 2.6CM (L) X 1.8CM (D) STEEL COLLAR WITH FLUTED GRIP AND CYLINDRICAL TUBING ON BOTH SIDES OF COLLAR. TUBING ON BOTTOM IS 1.4CM IN DIAMETER AND HAS TWO EYES AND EXCLAMATION MARK SHAPE STAMPED INTO SIDE. TUBE ABOVE COLLAR IS NARROWER 0.9CM IN DIAMETER. 8. TWO ROTATING CONTACTS - EACH CONTACT HAS CYLINDRICAL SHAFT SET INTO BLACK PLASTIC HOUSING THAT IS RECTANGULAR. STEEL SHAFT HAS HORIZONTAL GROOVE AND PLASTIC CORE THROUGH IT. SECOND NARROWER SHAFT PROTRUDES FROM END. ON TOP OF PLASTIC HOUSING ARE TWO SETS OF CURVED STEEL ARMS IN "C" SHAPE. "A.C.M.I." IS STAMPED INTO PLASTIC. 9. RESISTOR - HAS CYLINDRICAL BLACK PLASTIC BODY OVER STEEL SHAFT WHICH PROTRUDES 2CM OUT ONE END. OPPOSITE END IS OPEN WITH SMALL STEEL JACK OPENING. SIDE OF PLASTIC TUBE HAS "A.C.M.I." STAMPED AND EMBOSSED IN WHITE. 10. EXTRA-BULBS - GREEN PLASTIC PACKAGE WITH MASKING TAPE FASTENING IT SHUT. TAPE HAS ORANGE DIAGONAL STRIPES ON IT. PACKAGE CONTAINS CLEAR PLASTIC TUBE, TWO BULBS AND ONE BLACK PLASTIC PLUG. HAND WRITTEN IN BLUE INK ON TAPE ON FRONT IS "2 EXTRA BULBS FOR INFANT RESECTOSCOPE JAN 19/77".

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

RESECTOSCOPE CASE CONTAINED HAND WRITTEN INVENTORY AND DIRECTIONS DATED TO JANUARY 19, 1977. IT READ "USE: ACMI RESISTOR WHEN ATTACHING LIGHT CORD TO POWER SOURCE :LOW SETTING ON BIRTCHER EG. CUTTING 4 COAG. 6" AND "SET UP: USING INFANT (#8) PANENDOSCOPE :T.U.R. CORD :LIGHT CORD :TOOMEY SYRINGE". ANOTHER HAND WRITTEN NOTE ALSO DATED TO JAN 19, 1977 READ "THE RING INSIDE THE EYEPIECE OF THE TELESCOPE IS LOOSE & MAY MOVE OCCLUDING THE FIELD OF VISION. JUST TAP GENTLY & IT WILL FALL INTO PLACE." IT IS SIGNED "MARION" AND HAS POST SCRIPT "ALL UROLOGISTS KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM!". RESECTOPSCOPE WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19960116045

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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