Dr Macaura's Blood Circulator The blood circulator was a hand-held device used for vibrotherapy, a form of treatment that uses vibration. The device has a hand-crank, which is turned to produce a vibrating motion. It can also be fitted with changeable rubber tips. The blood circulator was invented by Dr Gerald Joseph Macaura (1871-1941). Dr Macaura claimed that the blood circulator could cure many ailments including rheumatism, heart disease, asthma and deafness, although these claims were unproven. He went by the title ‘Dr. G. J. Macaura, F.R.S.A., of the National Medical University, Chicago.’ In later years it emerged that Macaura was not medically qualified. He was prosecuted for fraud and the illegal practice of medicine in France in 1914. This device is held in a cardboard box, with the writing ‘Dr Macaura’s Blood Circulator’ on the lid along with an illustration of the device. The British Appliances Manufacturing Company c. 1880s-1920s 2003/85 Goniometer This goniometer is held within a mock leather case. It was used to measure the range of motion of joints in the body, also known as goniometry. The main body of the goniometer is semi-circular and has a scale from 0 to 180 degrees. It has a stationary arm that is placed against the inactive part of the joint and a moving arm that is aligned with the mobile part of the joint. Zimmer c. 1960s 2002/5.17 Dynamometer Metal dynamometer for determining grip strength. c. 1930s-1940s 2002/5.16 Photograph of Patient in Exercise Bath Training for staff and patients on the use the underwater exercise bath at Mearnskirk Hospital c. 1949 RCPSG 52/19/2/30/1 Patient with staff in the underwater exercise bath Photograph from the Mearnskirk Collection showing a patient undergoing physiotherapy in the exercise bath. c. 1947 RCPSG 52/19/2/25 Learning to walk again Photograph of a doctor assisting a patient learning to walk again as a consequence of the infantile paralysis epidemic. c. 1947 RCPSG 52/19/2/26 Staff and patients in the underwater exercise bath Photograph of a patient receiving physiotherapy in the exercise bath c. 1933 RCPSG 52/19/2/19/2 Underwater Exercise Bath Miss Taylor with George Miller and Ed Loudon in the underwater exercise bath. c. 1959 RCPSG 52/19/2/50/7 Patients Receiving Physiotherapy Photograph of three young patients receiving physiotherapy treatment at Mearnskirk Hospital c. 1960 RCPSG 52/19/2/67