<![CDATA[Heritage]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/browse?tags=Physiotherapy&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:16:09 +0000 graeme.forrest@rcpsg.ac.uk (Heritage) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Dr Macaura's Blood Circulator]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/629

Dublin Core

Title

Dr Macaura's Blood Circulator

Description

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.

Creator

The British Appliances Manufacturing Company

Date

c. 1880s-1920s

Identifier

2003/85

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

Length: 28 cm

Materials

Metal; Wood.
Dr Macaura&#039;s Blood Circulator
Dr Macaura&#039;s Blood Circulator
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Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:11:54 +0000
<![CDATA[Dynamometer]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/301

Dublin Core

Title

Dynamometer

Description

Metal dynamometer for determining grip strength.

Date

c. 1930s-1940s

Identifier

2002/5.16

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

Length = 20.6cm

Materials

Metal
Dynamometer
Dynamometer
Dynamometer
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Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:42:52 +0000
<![CDATA[Goniometer]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1263

Dublin Core

Title

Goniometer

Description

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.

Creator

Zimmer

Date

c. 1960s

Identifier

2002/5.17

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

Length: 17.2 cm

Materials

Metal; Mock Leather
Goniometer
Goniometer
Goniometer
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Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:56:58 +0000
<![CDATA[Learning to walk again]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1568

Dublin Core

Title

Learning to walk again

Description

Photograph of a doctor assisting a patient learning to walk again as a consequence of the infantile paralysis epidemic.

Date

c. 1947

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/26
Learning to walk again
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Mon, 17 May 2021 15:23:48 +0000
<![CDATA[Patient with staff in the underwater exercise bath]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1567

Dublin Core

Title

Patient with staff in the underwater exercise bath

Description

Photograph from the Mearnskirk Collection showing a patient undergoing physiotherapy in the exercise bath.

Date

c. 1947

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/25
Patient with staff in the underwater exercise bath
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Mon, 17 May 2021 15:20:06 +0000
<![CDATA[Patients Receiving Physiotherapy]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1668

Dublin Core

Title

Patients Receiving Physiotherapy

Description

Photograph of three young patients receiving physiotherapy treatment at Mearnskirk Hospital

Date

c. 1960

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/67
Patients Receiving Physiotherapy
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Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:45:49 +0000
<![CDATA[Photograph of Patient in Exercise Bath]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1553

Dublin Core

Title

Photograph of Patient in Exercise Bath

Description

Training for staff and patients on the use the underwater exercise bath at Mearnskirk Hospital

Date

c. 1949

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/30/1
Photograph of Patient in Exercise Bath
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:53:11 +0000
<![CDATA[Staff and patients in the underwater exercise bath]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1574

Dublin Core

Title

Staff and patients in the underwater exercise bath

Description

Photograph of a patient receiving physiotherapy in the exercise bath

Date

c. 1933

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/19/2
Staff and patients in the underwater exercise bath
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Mon, 17 May 2021 15:53:17 +0000
<![CDATA[Underwater Exercise Bath]]> https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1576

Dublin Core

Title

Underwater Exercise Bath

Description

Miss Taylor with George Miller and Ed Loudon in the underwater exercise bath.

Date

c. 1959

Identifier

RCPSG 52/19/2/50/7
Underwater Exercise Bath
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Mon, 17 May 2021 16:00:49 +0000