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South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc

Website for the Virtual Museum

 

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Galleries of the Virtual Museum

Main Galleries

Medicine
Surgery
Anaesthesia
X-rays
Hospitals,other    organisations
Individuals of    note

Small Galleries

Dentistry
Nursing

Ethnic medicine
     - Aboriginal
     - Chinese
     - Mediterran

Gallery of Medicine

Discovery of amoebic meningitis in Northern Spencer Gulf towns

Australian analglesia in the mid 20th century

Both iron lung

Cardiac pacemakers

Centrifuges in Medicine and Nuclear Physics

Drugs and other non-surgical treatment          
          Capsule making
          Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
          Enema kit
          The Evolution of Pharmacy at the Royal Adelaide Hospital
          Fauldings_Limited Drug Company
          Homeopathy
          Nasal Douche

GP's bag

Lab and other tests [except X-ray]           
           Biochemistry-then-and-now.htm
          "Both" ECG
           Coulter Counter & Coulter Principle
           Dr. Peter Last’s diagnostic kit
           Electroencephalography (EEG)
           Electrogustometer
          
           Haemocytometers
           Haemoglobinometer
           Histology History and Basics
           Refractometer

           X-ray equipment (separate Gallery on this website)

Medical Scales & the Ardmeen Practice
Medical and other weighing machines

Photodynamic Therapy

Renal dialysis at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Needles and syringes

         Ashton Automatic Injector Syringe
         History of syringes
         Needle sharpener used by Red Cross
         Needle sharpener made by Anax Company

Stethoscopes

Sphygmomanometer (von Recklinhausen)

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