77 results for: Medicine and Health Care
Model of the "Well-Leg Splint," ca. 1930
Dr. Roger Anderson, a local surgeon, invented the “Well-Leg Splint” and created this model to exhibit his design. The model was shown at the “Century of Progress” exhibition held in Chicago in 1933-1934.
ID Number:1996.30
Date:Circa 1930
Empathy Belly pregnancy simulator, 1985
The Empathy Belly was invented in the 1980s by Linda Ware, Director and CEO of Birthways Childhood Resource Center in Redmond, Washington. It was originally made so men could experience and empathize with their partner's physical symptoms of pregnancy. However, the device soon became useful for teaching health and sex education in high schools.
ID Number:2000.42.1
Date:1985
Immunex Enbrel dosing system and box, 1999
Immunex, founded in 1981, was Seattle's largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical firm. It was purchased by Amgen in 2001. Enbrel (etanercept) is a prescription medicine used to treat five chronic diseases, including moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
ID Number:2003.15.4
Date:1999
Exercycle stationary bicycle, ca. 1958
One of the first electric exercise machines available for purchase, Dr. and Mrs. John F. Tolan bought the bike from Exercycle in Seattle. The Tolans had lived in Seattle since 1938 and Dr. Tolan was the Head of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Virginia Mason Clinic until he retired in 1965. They used this as their home…
ID Number:2005.53.1
Date:Circa 1958
Cotton T-shirt, "Medicine for the People," ca. 1975-1980
This shirt was created as a fundraiser for the Open Door Clinic located in the University District in the late 1970s. Open Door was Washington's first free, 24-hour, multiservice clinic and was open from 1967 to1980. Among its services, the Clinic provided crisis intervention and medical services.
ID Number:2007.5.1
Date:Circa 1975-1980
Mark III ultrasound machine with 720 scanhead, ca. 1978
The ATL Mark III Ultrasound Device represented a major breakthrough in medical imaging because it incorporated the first real time digital scan converter, which allow real-time and freeze frame display of ultrasound images on conventional video monitors. Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974 ATL and the…
ID Number:2008.33.1
Date:Circa 1978
Mark II ultrasound machine, ca. 1976
The ATL Mark III Ultrasound Device represented a major breakthrough in medical imaging because it incorporated the first real time digital scan converter, which allow real-time and freeze frame display of ultrasound images on conventional video monitors. Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974 ATL and the…
ID Number:2008.33.Ref
Date:Circa 1976
Bottle for boric acid crystals from Maynard Hospital, ca. 1930s
Maynard Hospital was named in honor of Seattle's first doctor, David S. Maynard. It was directed by a group of five doctors and had a reputation as a small but high-quality facility.
ID Number:2011.112.2
Date:Circa 1930
Red Cross volunteer pin, 1940s
Marian Pease wore this pin as a Seattle Red Cross volunteer during World War II.
ID Number:2011.119.1
Date:Circa 1940
Seattle Red Cross veil, 1940s
Marian Pease wore this veil as a volunteer for the Seattle Red Cross during World War II.
ID Number:2011.119.2
Date:Circa 1940