Call the midwife?

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  1. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Bought this battered case and contents at auction. I'm known for being queasy at the sight of a hypodermic so maybe not one of my better buys! Now to work out what things are called, and what they were used for :yuck:. And managed to avoid the sharp well hidden in the lining.

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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Midwives home birth kit.
    I see cervical dilators,forceps pregnancy calipers and I suspect items that forcibly dilate the cervix during a surgical abortion.

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    Just noticed some of the items have the military broad arrow "War Dept" on them, unless its an indicator for which end to use.
     
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    What does this one say.

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  4. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    And... thermometer, enema-thingie (?), and a bowl to catch... stuff... in. Anything on the bottom of the bowl? Looks old and oddly un-medical to me.
    Henleys is still in existence... has a website. http://www.henleysmed.com/
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Yes a Regaid-Enema syringe 1940`s-50`s
     
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  6. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Any interrogator would only have to show me this stuff and I'm spillin' my guts.
     
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  7. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Two of these have stamped initials MAW London
     
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  8. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    I think that is what these were designed for!
     
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  9. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Maw London medical are quite old, they made surgical instruments, quite a bit online.
     
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  10. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Maybe they used the bowl to hold the placenta until they could deal with it.
     
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  11. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Bowl is very small, 11cm diameter, no makers marks. Just a touch bigger than an antique tea bowl. There was a small portable burner that may have been used for sterilising items, but this bowl is really too small to have boiling water in
     
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  12. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Speaking of boiling water.....I wonder how well they've been cleaned:wideyed: There are some bits of stuff in the bottom.
     
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  13. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    OOOOOOH, good point, SIS... biohazard alert. Should it be Lysol'd? Or...?
     
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  14. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    I think the biggest/best clue as to the intended (common) usage of that array of items is the packet of "Sterile Cord Powder." :rolleyes:
     
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