A selection of unusual instruments of doctors of the past (18 photos)

The legacy of past centuries has preserved a huge variety of medical instruments that were previously used for diagnostics, therapy and surgical operations. Looking at them today, it is sometimes difficult to imagine how they were used by doctors of the past.

Dentist's syringe from 1905





Inro boxes were used to transport medicines during the Edo period, 1603-1867



A very compact medieval first aid kit: 126 bottles of medicines, 1560s





Ear tube for audiometry



A brass syringe with a case – reusable, of course, 1601-1630s



Metal piston enema with a container, and replaceable tips, 19th century



A lancet for bloodletting, which was often used in some periods of the past, 1850



Mallam scarifier, 1874th



A birthing chair, it also folded, 1701-1830s



They used it to extract bullets from a person, 1500th



A trepanation tool, 1701-1800s



If someone didn't like their nose, they could resort to the help of such a device



A saw for amputation, which was used in Europe, 1575



Carbolic steam sprayer



Urological pump – no comments



Galvanic apparatus, 1865



Dynamometer, 1751-1823



Curved type trocar, 1880