Tonsillectomy chair
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The Benedictine Sisters of the Monastery of St. Gertrude opened the first hospital in Cottonwood in 1930. Our Lady of Consolation Hospital was later to become the current St. Mary’s Hospital. Dr. Wesley Orr was the first physician at the hospital. Today, the museum exhibits Dr. Orr’s collection of medical instruments and equipment used at the hospital; they all date from about 1900 and were used until the 1950’s. Some of the artifacts include: a replica of a lab (1930); a needle sharpener (1940); a Dare hemoglobinometer (1922); a Burbick rhythmic constrictor (1940); a fetal monitor (1900); and a tonsillectomy chair. |
