Leather obstetrical doctor's bag; bag is oblong in shape with a flat bottom and rounded sides; bag opens at the top and closes with c central lock and two side latches; there is a rounded leather handle at the top centre; bottom of the bag has five round feet; inside of bag has seven leather loops,…
Leather obstetrical doctor's bag; bag is oblong in shape with a flat bottom and rounded sides; bag opens at the top and closes with c central lock and two side latches; there is a rounded leather handle at the top centre; bottom of the bag has five round feet; inside of bag has seven leather loops, designed to hold medicine bottles, sewn onto one side.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Originally owned and used by Dr. H. C. Mabee; collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Dates
1915
1925
circa 1915-1925
Material
metal: silver; yellow
leather: black; brown
Inscriptions
One side of the bag has the letters, "DR. H. C. M." stamped into the leather, near the top; the bottom of the bag has, "18" and "612" stamped into the leather.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C2-1
Dimension Notes
Length 47.6 cm x Width 21.2 cm x Depth 20.7 cm
Condition Remarks
The leather is dry and brittle and flaking; both ends of the bag are split and damaged; metal feet on bottom of bag show some corrosion; leather inside the bag is very stained; #2: leather is in very bad condition.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Reference Comments
Previous number #56; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Antique Medical Instruments," by C. Keith Wilbur, M.D., 1987, p. 86; originally came with several items inside: aspirator kit (997.001.043), blood lancet (997.001.090), physician's pocket medicine case (997.001.265), electric illuminator (997.001.266), Boucheron's ear specula set (997.001.267), Esmarck's tourniquet (997.001.269), O'Dwyer's intubation set (997.001.270), Elliott's obstetric forceps (997.001.408), and Auvard's vaginal speculum with weight (997.001.409)