Jacobs was one of the first practitioners in the UK to use intravenous pyelography to image the urinary system. ]]> ]]> Portrait of Arthur Henry Jacobs]]> American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; 1908-; Health care manufacturer]]>
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]]>
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.
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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.
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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. ]]> ]]> Stone; Geoffrey (1931-2005); Artist]]>
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.
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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. ]]> John Trotter Ltd.; 1867-2014; Optician and instrument maker]]>