George Hall receiving shortwave
therapy on his shoulder c.1970. (M4481.1998.27) |
Equipment
From the Royal Pump Rooms |
| Treatment beds |
| Vichy Massage slab |
| Turkish bath lounger |
| Wheeled chair used to take people into
the hydrotherapy pool |
| Cast iron bath |
Sling suspension apparatus |
| Cervical traction harnesses |
| Lumbar traction harnesses |
| Bag and tongs for hot packs |
| Part of a physiotherapist's uniform |
| Pump Rooms towel |
| Infra-red lamps |
| UV lamps |
| Protective goggles |
| Medical cabinet |
Short-wave therapy units |
|
| Microwave therapy unit |
 Electrodes
used in low frequency faradic foot treatment. These
were placed in a bowl of water to conduct electric currents
through the patients’ feet. (M4628.2004.3
& 4) |
| Inferential treatment unit |
| Progressive treatment unit |
| Foot brace |
| Traction harnesses |
| Rack for use with zotofoam bath |
| Bottles of zotofoam extract |
| Bottle of surgical spirit |
| Bottle of paraffin liquid |
|
Lumbar traction harnesses
used to treat lower back problems. (M4625.2004.2) |
Equipment From elsewhere in Warwick District |
| Medal - distances of bathing
places from London |
| Early X-ray apparatus used
at Warneford Hospital - radiograph |
| Mineral water bottles |
| Leamington Board of Health
medal |
| Tiles from Aylesford Well |
| Local Board of Health stamp
1852 |
| Bath chair plate |
| Medal - Leamington Hospital
senior cup (football) |
| |
| Other medical
equipment |
| Dentists key (to extract teeth) |
| Chemists glass tube |
| Gladstone bag |
| Macaura's Blood Circulator
|
| Bone syringe |
| Magneto machine |
| X-ray apparatus |
| Scarifitor (for cupping/bleeeding) |
The Vichy massage
slab. Patients would lie on this whilst being massaged
under jets of water. (M4636.2004) |
