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A series of photographs depicting a Cytoscope set.

A perinaeum needle, used for transperineal prostate biopsy.

Catheter used to drain urine from the bladder. This catheter has the inscriptions 'USA' and '1.'

Catheter used to drain urine from the bladder. This catheter has the inscriptions 'USA' and '17.'

A catheter used to drain urine from the bladder. This instrument has the inscriptions 'F' and '7.'

Known as "the father of urology in Glasgow", Arthur Jacobs helped to set up the first urology department in Scotland at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1930s.

Jacobs was one of the first practitioners in the UK to use intravenous pyelography to image the urinary system.

Bladder syringe in wooden case.

Urethral dilator.

Double-ended uterine curette, combining aThomas’s blunt curette and Sims’s sharp curette.

Brown-Buerger cystoscope in wooden case.

Metal catheter for the genito-urinary system.

Metal lithorite used to crush bladder stones.

Thompson's lithotrite, metal. A lithorite is an instrument used to crush bladder stones.

Urethroscope in case with one operating urethroscope, one for examination, three obturators, two knives, and other smaller instruments.

British Association of Urological Surgeons Medal, in blue case. Belonged to Arthur Jacobs.

On obverse; British Association of Urological Surgeons. On reverse; Peter J Reyer. E Hurry Fenwick. John Thomson Walker. In middle of reverse; Arthur Jacobs 1965

Pictured here is a Brown-Buerger cystoscope in a wooden box. It was used to perform cystoscopy, a procedure used to diagnose, monitor and treat conditions affecting the bladder and urethra. The cystoscope is inserted into the urethra and passed into the bladder.

On the lid of the box, there is a small plaque with the embossment ‘Mr. Illingworth.’ in red lettering. Sir Charles Frederick William Illingworth (1899-1990) was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1939. He held this position until he became Emeritus Professor in 1964.

Illingworth was given the title CBE in 1946 and was knighted in 1961. He served as Honorary Surgeon to the Queen in Scotland from 1961-1965 and was made Extra Surgeon to Her Majesty in 1965. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1962-1964.

Urinometer, held in a cardboard tube. Invented by Johann Florian Heller (1813-1871) in 1849 to measure the specific gravity of urine, to help assess kidney function.

Urinometers are typically composed of three parts: the weight, float and stem. The weight is the lower end of the urinometer containing a mercury bulb. The float is an air-filled glass tube and the stem is marked with a scale.

The urinometer would be placed in a cylinder containing a urine sample and a reading taken from the stem. This device has been widely replaced with more efficient technologies. Its tendency to drag against the side of the cylinder can often result in inaccurate readings.

Cameron's electro-urethroscope, model number 417, with the skenoscope, model number 404. Part of Cameron's electro-diagnostoset.

Uterine probe, Playfair's model. Roughened end. Plated brass handle, white metal tip.

Uterine flushing tube, Gibson's type. Nickel steel.

Thomson's bladder/uterine sound. Chrome/nickel plated.

Sime's uterine curette (sharp). Size B. Chrome/nickel plated.

Rheinstater's flushing uterine curette. Chrome/nickel plated.

Consists of a composite two piece, lined instrument case covered in black faux shagreen. Interior of the lid is lined in padded crimson velvet material. Base is lined with unpadded crimson/purple velvet and has inserts to receive the instruments.

Uterine flushing tube, Bozemann's pattern. Nickel plated.

Uterine dressings forceps, Royal Free Hospital pattern. Plated metal, probably nickel.

Set of 5 curved uterine dilators in a rolled canvas case, belonging to H.R. Lillie.

Article/advertisement for a 'new uterine dilator' manufactured by F. Walters & Co, London. Article written by Dr Alexander Duke. Found inside a library book

Seated half-length in college robes.

Arthur Henry Jacobs studied medicine at St Mungo's College in Glasgow and gained his Triple Qualification in 1920. He spent some further time training in London, Paris, and Vienna.

Widely considered the "father of urology" in Glasgow, he was appointed as a urologist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1930. He then became chief of the urology department by 1936. This department became a model for several other urology departments across the country. He was considered to be one of the best urologists in the world, with major contributions in the classification and surgical management of genitourinary tuberculosis.

Jacobs was President of the College from 1958 to 1960.

Double-ended uterine dilator.

Lithotomy is a surgical method for the removal of stones formed inside the urinary tract, bladder and gallbladder. This set contains a selection of instruments in a wooden box, with a dark brown velvet lining. The set includes a lithotomy scoop, three pairs of lithotomy forceps, three Buchanan’s lithotomy staffs, two Key’s lithotomy knives and one Fergusson’s lithotomy knife.

The box has an inscription reading ‘Dr Eben Watson.’ Ebenezer Watson (1824-1886) was the son of James Watson (1787-1871), often referred to as ‘The Father of the Faculty.’

Ebenezer Watson graduated from the University of Glasgow in Medicine 1846. He was appointed surgeon to Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1856 and was president of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1872 to 1874.

Set of Lister's bougies in leather-covered case, used for dilating the urethra.

Newman's cystoscope, in wooden case, 20th century.

Pictured here is an example of a Newman Cystoscope, manufactured by Trotter of Glasgow. A cystoscope is a specialised type of endoscope that is passed through the urethral canal to view the contents of the bladder.