a- 0.25 x 6.5 x 3 b-0.25 x 7 x 2.5. Cutting tool:Scissors/shears:Nasal. Two pairs of stainless steel nasal scissors. Both have slightly curved arms and some amount of rust present.
a- 0.25 x 7 x 3.25 b-0.25 x 7.25 x 3.5. Cutting tool:Saw:Nasal. Two steel saws with matte finish and serrated handles. Long blade with an abrupt curve and perforated edge.
0.25 x 6.25 x 3.5". Grasping and fixating:Forceps:Nasal. "Stainless steel forceps with the bottom arms sliding backwards. both tips are rounded with flat holes."
0.25 x 7.75 x 0.5". Grasping and fixating:Elevator:Septum. Stainless steel rod-like elevator with one end being long and flat with an oval like shape and the other being a blunt edge.
4 x 3.5 x 3.25" Commemorative and association items."Plastic cup with a drawing of MUSC on the front. Given to new students at MUSC and reads."Take a closer look at MUH. Department of Nursing Medical University Hospital Charleston. South Carolina."
1 x 10 x 10. 0.5 x 6.5 x 6.5. 2 x 4.5 x 3.75. 1 x 6 x 6. 1.25 x 4.75 x 4.75" Commemorative and association items."White china with Medical College seal. including: dinner plate(.5)" bread & butter plate(.1)" cup(.3)" saucer(.2)" and dessert dish(.4)"
Case- 0.75 x 1.5 x 1.75" Sphere-0.5 x 1 x 1" One clear glass, Mules vitreous sphere (artificial eye) housed in a velvet lined, brown leather covered box.
0.25 x 7 x 0.5. Cutting tool:Knife:Nasal. "Stainless steel knife with serrated handle. long probe like form. and a flat rounded circle like blade at tip."
1.5 x 5 x 2.5. Dilation: Dilator: Mouth gag. Steel mouth gag with retractable handle and curved outward and raised dilator. This instrument was used during operative procedures to prevent the mouth from closing.
3.5x6.5x6.5. 1.5x8.25x1.25.Drug Compounding:Mortar and pestle."Large wedgewood mortar and pestle. with a wooden handled pestle. Eighteenth century pharmacists changed from using brass mortar and pestles in the compounding of medications because the containers produced tiny flakes of metal in the prescriptions. Josiah Wedgwood produced his mortar in 1779. Wedgwood mortars and wooden pestles became very popular."
4.5x6x5.25. 1.75x9x1.75.Drug Compounding:Mortar and pestle.Large brass mortar and pestle. Brass mortar and pestles were used up until the Eighteenth in the compounding of medications until it was found that the containers produced tiny flakes of metal in the prescriptions. The brass was replaced by wedgwood mortars and wooden pestles.
